Skimmer Swap aka Big Skimmer Bad?

[Aquattro]

To keep the skimmer and testosterone running, you could add more load

[theokie]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

To keep the skimmer and testosterone running, you could add more load

Sagassum Trigger, Niger Trigger, Vlamngii tang, purple tang, magnificent foxface and melanarus wrasse currently. They are all babies around the 5-7" mark so maybe they will grow into the skimmer.

Though I have wanted an excuse to get a Harlequin Tuskfish

[Aquattro]

Feed more to grow them faster Life is unfair, I wish I had a skimmer like that for my tank.

[Aquattro]

On a serious note though, you need to have enough organics to maintain a foam head in the size neck you run, so if it works for a while then stops, while a smaller one takes over, I'd agree it's too big for current conditions.

[theokie]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

On a serious note though, you need to have enough organics to maintain a foam head in the size neck you run, so if it works for a while then stops, while a smaller one takes over, I'd agree it's too big for current conditions.

Thanks, and with the power demands of this beast, a Hammerhead gold recirculating and a Eheim feeding it, just having it idle is really a waste of money.

I guess I know what I will be doing this weekend.

Thanks.

though I will have to keep it around, just for when the big boys do grow up