Scooterman
Active Member
LOL, I guess not!
Repeated skimming, is it worth it? Well in my 30g sump, I have the skimmed water returning back up-hill so I'd imagine a part of it is getting Re-skimmed. Skimming twice to me (MY Opinion, no facts here) isn't that necessary or important when you look at the overall system and what is being removed. Instead a more efficient skimmer would be preferred or even a micron sock filter, that is swapped out every few days would be very beneficial, but at the end it all breaks down to husbandry, if you don't do it, you will eventually have problems on some level.
Repeated skimming, is it worth it? Well in my 30g sump, I have the skimmed water returning back up-hill so I'd imagine a part of it is getting Re-skimmed. Skimming twice to me (MY Opinion, no facts here) isn't that necessary or important when you look at the overall system and what is being removed. Instead a more efficient skimmer would be preferred or even a micron sock filter, that is swapped out every few days would be very beneficial, but at the end it all breaks down to husbandry, if you don't do it, you will eventually have problems on some level.