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Posted by RJAG on May 14, 2005, 7:11 am
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has anyone got one of these that works and how did you manage it. mine's
sump mounted and with 10Gallon fortnightly waterchanges I cannot keep the
nitrates under control. I fed the tank twice or three times a week a bit of
flake and the odd bit of frozen brineshrimp. seems a lot harder to control
with my 150W Metal Halide on.
R
1 common clown
1 mandarin
1 brittle star
2 bubble corals
1 colony of green polyps
1 colony of furry mushrooms.
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Posted by Billy on May 14, 2005, 1:41 pm
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> has anyone got one of these that works and how did you manage it.
> mine's sump mounted and with 10Gallon fortnightly waterchanges I
> cannot keep the nitrates under control. I fed the tank twice or
> three times a week a bit of flake and the odd bit of frozen
> brineshrimp. seems a lot harder to control with my 150W Metal
> Halide on.
>
> R
>
> 1 common clown
> 1 mandarin
> 1 brittle star
> 2 bubble corals
> 1 colony of green polyps
> 1 colony of furry mushrooms.
>
>
How big is the tank, how much Live Rock? Since you have a mandarin,
I'm assuming you have quite a bit.
I've tried the Prizm skimmers, and, sorry to say, they're total
crap when compared to most others. I would put one on a small FO or
FOWLR tank, that's about it.
billy
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Posted by on May 14, 2005, 2:53 pm
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Do you have any other filtration such as a canister filter or trickle /
wet-dry system? If so, these are possibly contributing to your nitrates
problem. If you have a lot of live-rock, it would be best to get rid of
them. You could keep any canister filter you may have for
chemical/mechanical filtration only - wash the filters weekly to kill the
bacteria growth - but IMO it's probably not necessary if you get decent
skimmer.
IMHO the prizm skimmers are not the best thing since sliced bread! I
carefully added mine to the trash within a week of owning it!
Mark
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Posted by Peter Pan on May 14, 2005, 3:30 pm
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I also have a PRIZM skimmer in my 75 gal FOWLR, I have a canister filter
and NP with Nitrates. I do however battle with ammonia: IM in the market
for a new skimmer... Any suggestions?
> Do you have any other filtration such as a canister filter or trickle /
> wet-dry system? If so, these are possibly contributing to your nitrates
> problem. If you have a lot of live-rock, it would be best to get rid of
> them. You could keep any canister filter you may have for
> chemical/mechanical filtration only - wash the filters weekly to kill the
> bacteria growth - but IMO it's probably not necessary if you get decent
> skimmer.
>
> IMHO the prizm skimmers are not the best thing since sliced bread! I
> carefully added mine to the trash within a week of owning it!
>
> Mark
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Posted by Billy on May 15, 2005, 1:01 am
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>I also have a PRIZM skimmer in my 75 gal FOWLR, I have a canister
>filter and NP with Nitrates. I do however battle with ammonia: IM
>in the market for a new skimmer... Any suggestions?
For a 75 fowlr? CPR. I'd say a Euroreef, but that may be more
horsepower than you need right now.
billy
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> mine's sump mounted and with 10Gallon fortnightly waterchanges I
> cannot keep the nitrates under control. I fed the tank twice or
> three times a week a bit of flake and the odd bit of frozen
> brineshrimp. seems a lot harder to control with my 150W Metal
> Halide on.
>
> R
>
> 1 common clown
> 1 mandarin
> 1 brittle star
> 2 bubble corals
> 1 colony of green polyps
> 1 colony of furry mushrooms.
>
>