Djkingmatt Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 I bought a used terminator II awhile ago, with the sumpless kit and a quiteone 1200 pump, and am wondering if it is too big for my system, it is a 40g long with a 20g sump (Reef). Will this be bad or will my water just be really clean lol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcreonx Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Should be fine. Water will be clean for sure. I have a Deltec AP600 on my 35g.... now THAT'S overskimming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caferacermike Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 I've heard numerous reports about overskimming but one point keeps coming up, when the water is clean it will stop producing. Plain and simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djkingmatt Posted August 22, 2006 Author Share Posted August 22, 2006 thanks, just making sure, I'm determined to make this reef (my 2nd) to do great, nuthin less lol, thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhayden Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I have actually had good success as of late in not skimming everyday. I have only been running the skimmer 3-4 days a week. I have been doing any dosing etc.. on the days I am not skimming. Some think the big skimmers take everything, even the beneficial stuff out of the water. I only have a 20g with 2 fish not much to skim anyway and no skimmers on either of my picos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djkingmatt Posted August 24, 2006 Author Share Posted August 24, 2006 Well, I'm keeping it on while I'm curing, because last time I just let the rock sit without a skimmer, just water changes, and the extra nutrients and stuff from die-off made one thing grow, which fed another, etc. and I ended up with a unrecoverable "bad" worm infestation, forgot what the LFS said, and became determined to start from scratch with a bigger tank, sump, skimmer, all RO water, Metal halides, etc. so I'd rather overskim on this one, I can always adjust the flow to the skimmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropy Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 when the water is clean it will stop producing. Plain and simple. That is my opinion also. I ran a AquaC EV150 on my 90g for a couple of years and it would only skim alot some of the time. Once I moved to a 150g it skimmed all of the time (and a lot of it). There probably is a point where you can overskim, but I don't think any of the normally available (ie: relatively affordable) skimmers will do it. One thing a big skimmer will do nicely is to oxygenate the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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