Skimmer relation to feeding question

[Poseidon]

So very recently i started to feed my coral frozen brine, reef roids and a few other things,
very happy with the results and feeding will be part of my regular schedule,
but i have a qu:
after feeding my skimmer likes to go crazy, would it be ok to leave it off for a couple hours, or do i want it to run to remove the excess food not consumed by the corals, i know normally a skimmer shut down for a day even is no biggy, but im concerned about the ammount of nutrients in the water and how urgent it is to extract them...

thanks!
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[reeffreak]

The food will take time to break down into what you don't want. Turning you're skimmer off while feeding won't hurt a thing at all, hell some people run full blown reefs with no skimmer at all. I wouldn't be worried about shutting it down while feeding, this way the skimmer won't take up food that hasn't been eating and it can go full cycle back to the tank

 

[curiousphil]

I've heard that when broadcast feeding stuff like Reef Roids it is good to leave the skimmer off for a while so the plankton doesn't get sucked right out of the water before the corals get a chance to consume it.  But I imagine when adding the brine shrimp you are probably target feeding, correct?  Probably not as big a deal to shut down the skimmer when doing that.

 

[Poseidon]

I've heard that when broadcast feeding stuff like Reef Roids it is good to leave the skimmer off for a while so the plankton doesn't get sucked right out of the water before the corals get a chance to consume it.  But I imagine when adding the brine shrimp you are probably target feeding, correct?  Probably not as big a deal to shut down the skimmer when doing that.

yea im target feeding, but i also shut off all the pumps when i do this including the return, i let everything feed for about 10-15 min then i turn the pumps back on and the remaining debris causes the skimmer to go haywire,

so last night i basically shut it off for 2 hours and turned it back on and dialed it as low as possible and it pulled out half a cup of dark water/slim by morning

 

[theyangman]

Having the skimmer on while feeding from what I gather is kind of a waste as it takes some of the stuff you are currently feeding out before it has a chance to be consumed.

I usually turn off my powerheads (or turn them way down) & skimmer before feeding for this reason, and leave them off for say half an hour and then turn them back on afterwards

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

i shut the power heads off when i feed.        no need to shut the skimmer down. cuz all left over food will be in the socks. my drains run into the 2 socks

 

[pulpfiction1]

My skimmer does exact opposite to what you're describing when I'm feeling it stops foaming  all together you should experience no ill effects from turning your skimmer off for a couple hours I used to run mine on a cycle like the lights 12 on 12 off

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