Let's talk about bio load.

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by mikellini

I understood your central point from the start, however saying a skimmer removes as much bacteria as a water change was mixed in there. Fact is, you can't compare the two. And truthfully a skimmer can remove a lot of bacteria.

Disagree, if for some reason I wanted to remove bacteria from the water column I could change 100% of the water which would be far more effective than what a skimmer could do. Ultimately changing a given amount of water on a certain frequency would compare directly to what a skimmer would accomplish, same as removing any organics. But that's all pointless information irrelevant to anything we're talking about here, the comparison was only made based on the common misconception large water changes are harmful because they remove beneficial bacteria, so I was making the same comment relating to large skimmers...