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Old 01/11/2008, 05:28 PM
DanNolan DanNolan is offline
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Quote:
Originally posted by kgross
Harold

Why would you not want to put all of your water through t he skimmer?
We put surface skimmers in our tanks to concentrate the surfactants, and then move to them to the sump. Should we not try to maximize our skimming by feeding this concentrated stuff into our skimmers, verses just mixing it all back up and hoping we catch it the next time around?

Kim

That was my thinking, why not pass all of the flow I can through the scimmer, refuge and then send it back into the tank? It seems like overcleaning the water is better than just cleaning it enough.