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01-02-2005, 12:29 AM | #51 | |
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Your qn is an issue pertaining to the metd and concept of skimming R u trying to compare downdraft/ venturi/ needlewheel/ beckett etc etc .. types of skimmers and the bubble size they produce?? i dun understand how u can over utilise the bubbles shud u have an over-sized skimmer. put simply, why does tha beckett skimmer have so many sizes huh? cheerz |
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01-02-2005, 12:30 AM | #52 | |
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but in your case...the chances of sudden mishaps is lesser....which is a good thing... but at least u still see the advantages of having oversized equipments.... |
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01-02-2005, 12:31 AM | #53 | |
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suppose u r not even willing 2 change water 4 9-10 tks, y keep so many 4 wat? u know of any secret? tat's great 4 u. hav u try it n apply it? yes? show ur setup then. a few reefers here oso wonder y u hav not shown ur setup ever since u joined. u dun 1 2 show off? or u dun find it neccessary? then y bother 2 share ur reviews? BTW, there's tis great guy 2 many work alone, change his 10 over tks water alone [QUOTE=spsman]water changing is your personal regiment. but the question here is about the need to oversize a skimmer and the removal of trace elements due to over-skimming. which u have not answered yet. Whether u keep AT or damsels, it does not matter at all. It does not even matter if u manage to keep a shark. [QUOTE] JON, hav u ever tried keeping an AT?? YES? then pls show a pic plssss. everyone here knows i love 2 see reefers' pics of their AT. NO??no wonder.wat bro losmandy said is true. fr my personnal experience, keeping an AT without powerful skimming n water changes will stress tat beauty in 1 way or another. u think u r confident 2 keep 1 without either 1 of the 2? show me then. i'll salute u in time 2 come. |
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01-02-2005, 12:38 AM | #54 | |
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For eg my 6'x2'x2' tank (680L) is skimmed by a Deltec MCE600 which is suitable for 700 litres for normal stocking and only 450 litres for heavy stocking. So is my skimmer overskimming or not? |
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01-02-2005, 12:40 AM | #55 | ||
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tat was y i said ur analogy is totally out of context. Quote:
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01-02-2005, 12:40 AM | #56 | |
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Unless, one is using such European Skimmers and these skimmers are so efficient at removing wastes so fast that there is less spillover into the conversion and devoid of nitrate problems. Then we can say the skimmer has not even reached its full capacity since it can still remove more crude waste before reaching full capability. In this scenario, then you may have the so called extra percentage capacity The manufacturers just give a rough guide in their ratings which is why we do not treat their recommendations as the rulebook. They state this skimmer is rated up to 200gallons......a guy with one fish in his 200 gallon tank will think this skimmer is a dream and true to its ratings in achieving his nutrient free environment if that is what he wants. Similarly, a guy with tons of fishes in his 200gallon tank will think this skimmer sucks because there is a high residual nitrate problem that he has got to wreck his brain to solve if he wants a low nutrient level. This is the catch here, manufacturers do not explicitly guarantee super low nutrient water levels if you use their rated 200gallon skimmer on your 200gallon system. You can't sue them if your tank is full of nutrients and not doing as well as you have expected from a 200gallon skimmer....they did not promise you 0 nitrates under ridiculous loading |
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01-02-2005, 12:43 AM | #57 | |
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no problem man.. |
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01-02-2005, 12:45 AM | #59 |
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and i must state that their ratings are not totally useless though
for those beginning the hobby or rather unsure about things...you can probably use the manufacturers' rating guide as a starting point of inference. say you use skimmer A for your system and after using it, your tank nitrates stabilise at reading Z.... if you feel that this level of nutrient is what you want to achieve. Hurray, you got it right the first time thanks to the manufacturers' rating guide. But if you feel this level of nutrient is too high, then off to the higher capacity skimmers you go... or rarely, if you feel this level of nutrient is too low for your liking, either you try to retard the performance of this skimmer, change to a lower rated skimmer, or feed more |
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