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View Poll Results: If skimmers didn't exist, which would be your next choice?
Wet/Dry (trickle) filter 12 8.51%
Fluidized bed filter 5 3.55%
UV sterilizer 9 6.38%
Mechanical filter 10 7.09%
Live rock/sand bed (exclusively) 75 53.19%
Carbon filter 14 9.93%
Other 16 11.35%
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Old 02-24-2006, 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by TheReefGeek
Yes, it is possible to run a successfull reef without a skimmer, nobody will argue that.

But could that same reef be run easier, and possibly even healthier, with a skimmer?
If that same reef is my reef, the answer is emphatically NO

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Bob, what skimmer did you try, on what size tank? What made the experience unsatisfying?
It must be remembered that I have been keeping salt water tanks off and on since the middle seventies. I have probably tried every gadget that was foisted upon the unwary hobbyist. And my findings are that the skimmer is just an overrated gadget.
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