Question on turning skimmer off and dosing zeovit

[Brad Villeggiante]

I just started last week turning my skimmer off (for 1 hour) everytime I dose zeobac and zeofood. I never used to do this and finally I was convinced to start doing it by the number of people who said they were doing it. My question is since doing this my skimmer has been pulling at least 5 times the amount of skimmate out that it normally does, why is this?

It should be noted that when I dose food and bac at the same time I dose zeoaminos and zeostart.

[Aged Salt]

Remember, Brad, ZEOvit is bacterial driven system to remove nutrients, N03's/P04's, etc. Allowing time for the seed & feed process to proceed increases nutrient-skimmable products availability that when a efficient skimmer is turned back on, readily removes these, therefore, more skimmate. Bob

[Brad Villeggiante]

Interesting, so what your saying is by doing this I should be able to reduce my nutrient levels even more and see better zeo results?

[nbd13]

so would there be an added benifit to leaving the skimmer off say for 2 hours instead of 1 hour?

Nick

[Aged Salt]

My theory on not using more skimmer off time, revolves around relative bak/food7 excess effects on the corals, while a shorter off time allows time for better efficiency for dosed zeo's actions. Bob

[nbd13]

alright thanks for the explination, it just got me thinking about more off time, but i guess the 1 hour off time is the perfect amount.

thanks!

Nick

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I have not been shutting my skimmer down either. I think I will give this a try as well since I guess I am supposed to be doing it anyway.