MANGROVE VS. PROTEIN SKIMMER

[MKCindy]

I have a 40 gal w/20 gal refuge. A few weeks ago, I added mangrove. I am floating 24 Red Mangrove on 2 Styrofoam islands in a chamber located before any filtration or my skimmer. (3 are still very small) Most have about 3 inch roots and my skimmer is no longer pulling anything out so I removed it. Everything is looking happy so far.
Here is an interesting case study.



http://toptropicals.com/html/aqua/pl...ngrove_eng.htm
I'm not sure why the link will not show up in full here, but if you go to the discussion in General Reef Keeping: Mangrove Lagoon : pg. 3 : MKCindy the link works