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Old 31-01-2005, 03:10 PM   #16
spsman
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Originally Posted by roidan
yeah..with his previous skimmer, his nitrates level were already quite significant (signs of inadequate skimming), so what happened was his snails spawned and the skimmer could not remove enough waste in time...this waste spilled over to the conversion process, faced a large spike and tada....
crashed tank.

if he had a skimmer that could handle excess load, the spawning stuff would be removed and less spillover into the conversion process...but well, glad he has changed to a better skimmer now. ( a miniature beckett if i am not wrong)

It is always a judgement of how much extra capacity you need for your own system. be it skimming, cooling, electrical fuses......

But some just have better judgement than others
This example is common. someone upgraded form a weipro to hns and it was able to handle the bioload. The question is what is the size of the skimmer?
does it need to be oversized?
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