Algae and Fish Food

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by Myka

I'd try to figure out a way to get the 9w light back on there. If all else fails, and your pH isn't swinging like crazy (not likely) you can light the fuge during the day instead of at night.

Is the skimmer in a sump? If so, try raising and lowering it. That might change the skimmate.

I will have to track the pH to see if there is any swing through the day. Still trying to get the dKh up, so there might be a bit of a swing yet, but running the light during the day would be nice.

The skimmer is in a sump, chamber 2 in the back of the tank. Raising and lowering was my first trial, but I did not see a lot of difference. I seem to recall reading somewhere that the larger the flow through return, the drier the skimmate. I will have to look for that reference again.

Thanks for the input.

[Myka]

Alkalinity shouldn't be hard to get higher...? Ah yes, I believe that is right (re more flow) for a pinwheel...