Reef Discussion

[Frecklycomic]

Sorry again for the questions...

What should a properly trimmed skimmer look like?
I have no idea if I am over skimming or under skimming

 

[potatocouch]

Sorry again for the questions...

What should a properly trimmed skimmer look like?
I have no idea if I am over skimming or under skimming

There are 2 ways of skimming: wet and dry.

Wet meaning it's more liquid, whilst dry is very thick.

My analogy is, wet is more like Kale juice whilst dry is like thick shake consistency.

Some people prefer one and not the other. There's no right and wrong method.

Wet is easier to clean the skimmer collection cup; it just that you need to do it more often than dry, whilst dry, the thick shake tends to stick to the collection cup, hence harder to clean, but perhaps less going to toilet to clean it.

Hope that helps!

 

[Sam Parker]

Good description there really. Perhaps show us a picture of your skimmer running and we can help further?

 

[Frecklycomic]

I just cleaned it. Had a skin/film of brown gunk. My bottle had like a teatree colour liquid in it. Will take a photo of it now.

 

[Frecklycomic]

 

[Sam Parker]

Gunk colour sounds right, bubble height looks good too. I wouldn't change a thing.

 

[Frecklycomic]

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Gunk colour sounds right, bubble height looks good too. I wouldn't change a thing.

Thanks...sorry for such a silly question

 

[dimitri]

mine varies, some weeks its gunky and dark, currently its quiet clear and skimming just under the cup level so my guess is that the water column is quiet clean and there is no excess protein..

not sure if the captive Phos W is helping with this either

 

[MagicJ]

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Thanks...sorry for such a silly question

Don't be !!

You can learn by making mistakes, or you can learn from those that have already made the mistakes ;)

Most members on The Reefuge are happy to help.

 

[Sam Parker]

Couldn't agree more with Magic here, no such thing as a silly question - only silly answers :)

 

[potatocouch]

@Frecklycomic yours look like Vitamin Water ! :p

 

[Frecklycomic]

@Frecklycomic yours look like Vitamin Water ! :p

MMMM NOM NOM NOM haha

 

[Frecklycomic]

Couldn't agree more with Magic here, no such thing as a silly question - only silly answers :)

Don't be !!

You can learn by making mistakes, or you can learn from those that have already made the mistakes ;)

Most members on The Reefuge are happy to help.

Thanks

 

[dimitri]

I try not to mess with my air intake and let it do its thing, find a happy spot and just monitor is, sometimes the skimmer goes mental and overflows then settles down.. just depends - i noticed using the phos remover media tends to do this and then it settles down.

 

[Frecklycomic]

I try not to mess with my air intake and let it do its thing, find a happy spot and just monitor is, sometimes the skimmer goes mental and overflows then settles down.. just depends - i noticed using the phos remover media tends to do this and then it settles down.

When I first got it set up I lost half of my tank water onto the tiles haha....lesson learnt quickly.

 

[macca_75]

Here's a pic of my skimmate from a while ago - I consider this to be wet skimming.

http://thereefuge.com/threads/show-us-your-skimmate.4884/

(FYI - I have since been dosing Vodka and the skimmate has gone darker, but still as wet).