equipment turned off during feeding?????

Just wondering what do you turn off during feeding time in your tank.

powerheads, skimmer, main pump.....ect.

Is it okay to turn off my protein skimmer during feedings?

Thanks
Sean

 

I keep everything on. I figure in the wild the waves and current don't stop during feeding. Also I have had feeding accidents were my Tang niped a chromis because of a big ball of food and the feeding frenzy. I don't think it was on purpose.

 

I keep everything on, the main reason is that turning on and off electical item causes issues. Like take a fan and turn it on and let it run and run even though it build up dust it still runs, but as soon as your turn it off the fan won't start back up you have to sit there and pound on it a few times. I do however take my pumps apart ever 2 months to clean and maintain, just don't turn them off during feeding and other maintainance.

 

Just powerheads shut down thanks to the nifty "feed timer" on the tunze powerheads with multicontroller. I push the button, PH's go off for about 10 minutes and restart automatically. Overflow and returns are still on tho.

 

Now that I have the x10 setup I can easily control everything from my computer. I can setup a macro that will shut down multiple appliances with one click....ie powerheads.

 

I turn off my powerheads .

 

I have my sump, skimmer and 1 powerhead that sucks air out of my overflow. Those I turn off when feeding, otherwise the flakes just go right into the sump! All my other powerheads stay on, give the crew something to chase ;D