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skimmer question
- Thread starter oscar
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Most skimmers go through a break in period that can last up to a few weeks. Once it breaks in, you should see a decline in the amount of bubbles.
not a dumb question -I believe the answer is yes. Everytime I take my skimmer out for a cleaning, it will go thru a "break-in" period again before it gets to that foaming "sweet spot".
Bubbles in the tank aren't too bad unless they are out of control. It really depends on how many and what kind of corals you have in the tank. Fish could care less and probably will have fun swimming thru them (unless they act funny like that yellow tang in Finding Nemo)...haha. Corals generally will not have large bubbles attached to them, so you just want to avoid large bubbles getting caught in corals. For sponges - it's really bad as it will usually result in death. But luckily most of us do not get sponges (don't travel well at all).
Bubbles in the tank aren't too bad unless they are out of control. It really depends on how many and what kind of corals you have in the tank. Fish could care less and probably will have fun swimming thru them (unless they act funny like that yellow tang in Finding Nemo)...haha. Corals generally will not have large bubbles attached to them, so you just want to avoid large bubbles getting caught in corals. For sponges - it's really bad as it will usually result in death. But luckily most of us do not get sponges (don't travel well at all).
thanks for the info guys.so its pretty safe to assume i have nothing to be concerned about.my friend has the same skimmer & runs it with a mag-3 pump with a pre-filter & ihave a rio 1400 with no pre-filter. does it make a difference in the performance of the skimmer whether i use a pre-filter or not?