Help with 1 week old 10g nano

[Midknight]

Copied post over to this and found most of my Q's ansered.
What salt did you use and what are your mesurments at?
It the water out of the older tank or is it new water?
How much skimmate are you getting?

[Nixon]

salinity's about 1.024, ph was 8.1 last time i measured it (few days ago), the water i'm using is out of my friend's tank (changed on monday). i do water changes (about 50%) weekly. i rarely have to empty the skimmate from my skimmer but that's only beacuse the catch bottle is massive. i get about 50-100ml in a week? give or take some.

[Midknight]

I would stop doing water changes for a week or so and see if it clears up.
Also start using fresh water that you make.
If you are pulling water from your friends tank for your changes you are just swapping you dirty water for his.

[Nixon]

does the fact that i have an open top play a part in this? almost seems like there's "dust" on the surface of the water

[andsoitgoes]

Nope. Shouldn't. If you want, get a hagen surface skimmer or find an attachment for the Rio that will skim the surface. I got a bit of the gunk buildup on the surface when I took mine away, now that it's back, it's fabu, and scum free.

You have to realize that all that gunk is what SHOULD be going into the skimmer, but since (for some reason) these skimmers are designed to suck water like a standard HOB, they miss all that stuff. I'm pretty positive adding one of those on will change things quite a bit. It's 15 bucks well spent.

[Nixon]

Originally Posted by andsoitgoes

Nope. Shouldn't. If you want, get a hagen surface skimmer or find an attachment for the Rio that will skim the surface. I got a bit of the gunk buildup on the surface when I took mine away, now that it's back, it's fabu, and scum free.

You have to realize that all that gunk is what SHOULD be going into the skimmer, but since (for some reason) these skimmers are designed to suck water like a standard HOB, they miss all that stuff. I'm pretty positive adding one of those on will change things quite a bit. It's 15 bucks well spent.

where'd you get a hold of either one of those that you mentioned? either the hagen or something that can add on to my rio. i checked a few online shops with no prevail

[andsoitgoes]

Check out any of the local pet stores, they're all over! Call whoever is local and ask if they have it, otherwise get 'em to order it in

If all else fails:

http://mops.ca/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/...g+-p+PATO-1138