A few questions regarding equipment

[rickjames]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

hmm... so your saying you don't want to see the new skimmer I am putting on the 94gal

Steve

No I always like to oogle at monster skimmers.... oh BTW steve that asm site posted earlier sells just the needle wheel pumps if that is what you are looking for.

On the topic of overskimming, I think that we may be getting close with the new larger and more efficient skimmers becoming common. I mean skimmers take out particulates as well as disolved organics. And many of our corals feed in the water column and are not fed directly, so if we take out all particulate matter and free floating microfauna in the tank won't they starve or be undernourished?

I am not taking a side on the overskimming debate but I think there are pros and cons to both sides...

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by rickjames

No I always like to oogle at monster skimmers.... oh BTW steve that asm site posted earlier sells just the needle wheel pumps if that is what you are looking for.

On the topic of overskimming, I think that we may be getting close with the new larger and more efficient skimmers becoming common. I mean skimmers take out particulates as well as disolved organics. And many of our corals feed in the water column and are not fed directly, so if we take out all particulate matter and free floating microfauna in the tank won't they starve or be undernourished?

I am not taking a side on the overskimming debate but I think there are pros and cons to both sides...

It depends on what your intension is, a large skimmer doesn't remove stuff from the tank instantly. so if you have a 100 gal tank and your sump flow is 10% and you skim from your sump you are probably only realy skimming 10% of your tank per hour at most. so if you like to overfeed like so many of us do the larger the skimmer the better. and if you are growing SPS where you want desolved nutrents at close to 0 to bring out the color more......

I don't think we can get a skimmer that is to big but rather we can spend more on a skimmer than we need to.

Steve