> Bob,
>
> First, I assume that you are talking about a saltwater tank. If you do
not
> have coral, then there is no such thing as skimming too much. In the
world
> of reef tanks, there is a lot of discussion about how long to run protein
> skimmers, but in my experience, if you are having trouble with red algae
> (salt water slime algae, then you certainly have not stripped all of the
> nutrients out of the water yet, so there is nothing to worry about. I ran
a
> saltwater reef tank for over three years (prior to moving and having to
take
> it down) with no filtration other than the live rock and running the
skimmer
> all the time.
>
> MWolfe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Bock" <bockhouse_at_earthlink.net>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 10:46 AM
> Subject: NANFA-- protein skimmer
>
>
> > Anyone have any idea how long to keep a protein skimmer running each
day?
> I
> > bought a second hand skimmer (big one--holds about 3/4 gallon of water)
at
> > the NANFA auction last summer. I ran it for about 3-4 hours yesterday
> > before stopping it because of small leaks, and it really cleared up the
> > cloudy water in my sailfin-caulerpa-ugly red algae tank.
>
>
>
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