Skimmate amounts

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by whatever

That's my point. Without knowing all the varibles, the amount of skimmate doesn't mean anything. That's why I don't understand this poll and the reason for the original question.

I agree. And we don't even know what variables we would need values for. I feed lots of Mysis. My skimmer will get more than a comparable tank feeding flake. Well, depends how much flake vs. the biomass consuming it, and how much waste that biomass excretes.

food, flow, temp, lighting, alage production, biomass, respiratory rates of the biomass, heterotrophic vs. autotrophic biomass, photosynthesis rates, the list goes on.

Ideally I rate my skimmer on black goo per every change time (which is never the same). I have values of "not much" "a fair bit" and "real lots"