Tim,
It does sound like the tank is full. Could just be the vitachem and
additives.
Let me know how it works out.
Doug
Tim Murphy wrote:
> Doug -
>
> In my opinion, tank is pretty heavily stocked.
>
> It's a 55 gallon with 10 colonies of 2 types of xenia, one large sinulara,
> one large frogspawn, one large open brain, 5 leathers (2 varieties, 3 are
> large), 5 (small) acropora, rhodactis, one large cladiellia, 2 gorgonians
> (one large), 3 large colonies of green stars, 1 pink stars, a few colonies
> of zoointhids, and lots of mushrooms. Plus, I have 9 fish.
>
> Tim
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doug
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 2:48 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: Rons skimmer
>>
>>
>> Tim,
>> Sounds like you might be overdosing on additives, this could cause the
>> skimmer to do as you described. Without seeing your tank, I would guess
>> it's lightly loaded. In my experience, you need to watch the tank rather
>> then follow the directions on the additive bottle. In many cases, you may
>> not need to add trace elements at all, especially in a tank with a light
>> load.
>> Do the big water changes, and watch the tank. Keep up the calcium
>> additions, (assuming you have corals and inverts requiring
>> calcium) but back
>> way off on the other additives. See how things go for a couple
>> months, then
>> decide if additives are necessary by the appearence of the tank. In many
>> cases, water changes alone will add sufficient trace elements,
>> assuming you
>> use a good salt mix made for reefs.
>> Doug
>>
>>
>
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