Run skimmer for 24 hours?

[am00re34]

I was just wondering if everyone runs thier skimmer for 24 hours? I was thinking of having it on a timer because i dont see the purpose of having it going for 24 hours. I would just think for the time that its on it would gather more "gunk", but overall the amount collected would be the same.
thoughts?

 

[scsinet]

I run mine 24 hours.
Consider that fish poop anytime they feel like it, not just during a set time period. Corals release wastes from their tissues any old time also.
If you don't run your skimmer constantly, the amount of DOCs in the water will go up and down depending on when your skimmer is on or off. Such swings in water quality is not conducive to a ocean environment.
I'd run it at all times.

 

[hammerhed7]

24/7 365 is the way to go

 

[thangbom]

24/7 unless power outage or cleaning it...

 

[alix2.0]

247365

 

[matt b]

all day every day

 

[theappe3]

24/7. I dont think that there is anyone that doesnt run it always...

 

[gmann1139]

Especially on protein skimmers that require time to 'prime' themselves or establish that nasty foam we all love to dump, I question your math that the amount collected would be the same.
I run mine 24/7, and b/c its a POS, have to 'tune' it daily to make sure its running optimally.
What is the reason you want to shut it off? Noise? Bubble leakage? Power usage?

 

[myers93]

Hi,
I just got my protein skimmer 2 weeks ago and it hasn't been foaming. How do you make it foam? Why isn't it foaming?

 

[big]

Something is amiss. It should foam. What brand and how or where is it installed????

 

[myers93]

it is a SeaClone100 and it is located in my sump.

 

[grumpygils]

Originally Posted by SCSInet
I run mine 24 hours.
Consider that fish poop anytime they feel like it, not just during a set time period. Corals release wastes from their tissues any old time also.
If you don't run your skimmer constantly, the amount of DOCs in the water will go up and down depending on when your skimmer is on or off. Such swings in water quality is not conducive to a ocean environment.
I'd run it at all times.
you run that new deltec 24/7 and you might suck the Hydrogen off the oxygen molecules.
Mc

 

[scsinet]

Originally Posted by grumpygils
you run that new deltec 24/7 and you might suck the Hydrogen off the oxygen molecules.
Mc
KABOOM!!!