Dakwan
Reefing newb
A while back i asked some advice on whether to keep my tank going despite routine trips away for work. I've now got an ato setup that works awesome and have everything as automated as I can. The ato actually has made me love my tank even more because it got rid of my least favorite tank chore.
My first question is i'd like to set up multiple auto feeders with different food because i'm pro dietary diversity. I currently feed pellets in the morning as well as attach a half sheet of nori and then feed frozen mysis and other assorted frozen food at night. I don't want to JUST feed pellets so i was wondering if anyone has had any luck with the various different freeze dried mysis and other foods...basically anything that can be shoved in an auto feeder.
My second question is about my skimmer: it drives me friggin nuts! the venturi pumps occasionally get stuck and i need to bang them on the side of the sump to get them spinning again. If i turn off the pumps they need to get banged around to start up again. Not a huge deal if they outright stop while i'm gone because atleast its not going to wreck anything other than make my water quality a little poor. But I just came home today and the skimmer was overflowing like crazy and spitting water everywhere! got water all over inside the stand and even flooded onto my floor a little bit. Would have been awful if this had happened while i was away! I was hoping someone perhaps had a clue as to why a skimmer would suddenly go nights after being set up to the right height for quite awhile.
My first question is i'd like to set up multiple auto feeders with different food because i'm pro dietary diversity. I currently feed pellets in the morning as well as attach a half sheet of nori and then feed frozen mysis and other assorted frozen food at night. I don't want to JUST feed pellets so i was wondering if anyone has had any luck with the various different freeze dried mysis and other foods...basically anything that can be shoved in an auto feeder.
My second question is about my skimmer: it drives me friggin nuts! the venturi pumps occasionally get stuck and i need to bang them on the side of the sump to get them spinning again. If i turn off the pumps they need to get banged around to start up again. Not a huge deal if they outright stop while i'm gone because atleast its not going to wreck anything other than make my water quality a little poor. But I just came home today and the skimmer was overflowing like crazy and spitting water everywhere! got water all over inside the stand and even flooded onto my floor a little bit. Would have been awful if this had happened while i was away! I was hoping someone perhaps had a clue as to why a skimmer would suddenly go nights after being set up to the right height for quite awhile.
