Dosing Skimmate - Are we over skimming?

[Myka]

I watched this discussion on RC. I suggested a timer on the skimmer too. The OP of this method suggested he figured the skimmer pulled all the skimmate back out again within a couple hours. He swears it's better than feeding the fish more, but I don't know...there's lots of unwanted crap in skimmate too.

[Aquattro]

Also, for those dosing stuff to floc PO4, you'd then be dosing it back in, right?

[intarsiabox]

I suppose this would mean their skimmers are working at 100% efficiency and no longer need carbon or GFO and the like. Sounds like my car, it gets such good gas mileage that the gas tank overflows when I'm driving down the highway. If the skimmer continues to pull out gunk then obviously there is still organic material in the water. I wouldn't purposely add concentrated pollutants to my tank. Skim less or feed more if it's that big of a problem.

[Proteus]

Would it not make sense just to dose amino acids and cv.

Skimmate would not be consistent at all

[StirCrazy]

don't want to use a timer as your skimmer is adding O2 to your water also. people have had mysterious fish deaths and discovered it was due to the O2 levels dropping when there skimmer was off at night.

Steve

[Myka]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

don't want to use a timer as your skimmer is adding O2 to your water also. people have had mysterious fish deaths and discovered it was due to the O2 levels dropping when there skimmer was off at night.

Steve

Yes, I did mention this potential issue in my suggestion to the OP on RC.

[Reef Supplies]

I'm with the naysayers. I would never dump that back into the tank. I get how It could feed your corals but like Aquatro wrote, what about "toxicity concerns"?

When we "feed" at least we know we are not dumping anything toxic in the water.

As for turning the skimmer on / off. Don't do it. That will only cause pump issues and as some stated, I would be concerned about oxygen.

Bugger! Thankfully you're secret is not solid dosing LOL