Nitrate SPIKE!!!!!!

[kien]

Wow, you've got quite the challenging setup there don't you :-)

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by kien

Wow, you've got quite the challenging setup there don't you :-)

Like what? Because of no skimmer? :P

[kien]

I've run skimmer less before. It's not impossible. I would just consider it more of a challenge. Especially without a clean up crew LOL.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by kien

I've run skimmer less before. It's not impossible. I would just consider it more of a challenge. Especially without a clean up crew LOL.

Hihi. Denny told me not to add clean up crews. I had hermits and they did awesome job but was buggy for my zoas.

Thanks for the appreciation btw

[kien]

Ya clean up crews are one of those matters of opinion. Some people don't bother, some people swear by them. I personally love watching hermit crabs scavenge.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by kien

Ya clean up crews are one of those matters of opinion. Some people don't bother, some people swear by them. I personally love watching hermit crabs scavenge.

I loved them too. They keep every nooks clean; particularly the zebra hermits. They were so cool! But my zoas didn't love them and I loved my zoas more so had to take side with the zoas :P

[kien]

This hobby is full if no win scenarios :-(

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by kien

This hobby is full if no win scenarios :-(

Tell me about it

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Hihi. Denny told me not to add clean up crews. I had hermits and they did awesome job but was buggy for my zoas.

Thanks for the appreciation btw

Screech.......

I never said for you to run no cleanup Crew, I said I don't have a CUC, but I have a large natural CUC, I also said no crabs which I don't use for obvious reasons.

Your tank and my tank are completely different, for you to run your tank like mine will likely end up with pollution problems.

Basically I'm order to feed heavily you need to be able to export what you don't use, with no Skimmer is next to impossible, a low nutrient with no Skimmer sire but high nutrient ain't gonna happen.

Feeding your tank more food than you export is asking for trouble.

I run a Skimmer for 8x my tank volume and rum gfo aggressively, if I didn't I would be screwed.

Overfeeding is an advanced method, if not done right you'll mess your tank up bad, hence the reason everyone says not to overfeeding

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by reefwars

Screech.......

I never said for you to run no cleanup Crew, I said I don't have a CUC, but I have a large natural CUC, I also said no crabs which I don't use for obvious reasons.

Your tank and my tank are completely different, for you to run your tank like mine will likely end up with pollution problems.

Basically I'm order to feed heavily you need to be able to export what you don't use, with no Skimmer is next to impossible, a low nutrient with no Skimmer sire but high nutrient ain't gonna happen.

Feeding your tank more food than you export is asking for trouble.

I run a Skimmer for 8x my tank volume and rum gfo aggressively, if I didn't I would be screwed.

Overfeeding is an advanced method, if not done right you'll mess your tank up bad, hence the reason everyone says not to overfeeding

Exactly. Myself like Denny I run a natural cuc of brissle worms and pods. There numbers let me know if I over feed or not. But I run a overkill skimmer and Change socks out daily. Along with prodibio and rowa. For the most part my two fish and one shrimp are hand fed. I also feed zeo to my coral which I found helps my skimmer performance.