Skimate colour

#1 02-19-2010, 12:13 AM

Hay thats prity good for a Remora I would say most I have seen are a bit lighter in color than yours. Keep doing what your doing. got any pic's of the rest of your tank?

Bill

vic622 · #2 02-19-2010, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by bvlester

Hay thats prity good for a Remora I would say most I have seen are a bit lighter in color than yours. Keep doing what your doing. got any pic's of the rest of your tank?

Bill

I had a feeling it might not be too bad :

My tank build:
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=55390
My Remora to Urchin DIY:
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=61249

imcosmokramer · #3 02-19-2010, 12:49 AM

that is nice for a remora. my euro-reef pull mud.
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hillbillyreefer · #4 02-19-2010, 01:19 AM

That's about what I get from mine.

burgerchow · #5 02-19-2010, 05:04 AM

Hey Vic,

How many days of skim mate is that?
I think Remoras are the biggest over-rated p.o.s around. I've had one on my 55 corner bowfront fowlr tank for about 7 mos now. Never could get decent skimmate since setting it up. Best I could do is tea colored like yours. Even a prism or bak-pak skimmer pulls more out of the water. I've even had J&l check it out, and that's the way it's supposed to work. My Vertex in my reef pulls thick mud and I know it's doing it's job.
I don't know how people rate this skimmer as one of the best hob skimmers.

vic622 · #6 02-19-2010, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by burgerchow

Hey Vic,

How many days of skim mate is that?
I think Remoras are the biggest over-rated p.o.s around. I've had one on my 55 corner bowfront fowlr tank for about 7 mos now. Never could get decent skimmate since setting it up. Best I could do is tea colored like yours. Even a prism or bak-pak skimmer pulls more out of the water. I've even had J&l check it out, and that's the way it's supposed to work. My Vertex in my reef pulls thick mud and I know it's doing it's job.
I don't know how people rate this skimmer as one of the best hob skimmers.

The skimmer has been on the tank since the weekend, so about 3 days, and that was about 6hrs of skimate - just started tweeking it.

untamed · #7 02-19-2010, 05:32 AM

Your skim colour will change based on what you feed.

chris88 · #8 02-19-2010, 05:32 AM

from my past experiance with them they work fine. For the price they are awesome. There is better out there but you will have to pay for it.

#9 02-19-2010, 07:24 AM

you can get it a bit better I sish the injector hole was smaller then you could get better skimm from it do not fiddle with the one that it comes with. My aqua medic T1000 multi skimms black mud or ink. Its realy stinky almost pay to the porcilin god when I clean it out almost every time. Had a cold the last couple times so good thing still could smell it.
My daughter will not use that washroom for and hour or two after.

Bill

vic622 · #10 02-19-2010, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by bvlester

you can get it a bit better I sish the injector hole was smaller then you could get better skimm from it do not fiddle with the one that it comes with. My aqua medic T1000 multi skimms black mud or ink. Its realy stinky almost pay to the porcilin god when I clean it out almost every time.

Eventhough this is only tea coloured, it is a bit raunchy smelling - I can imagine (Nah I don't want to) what a thicker skimate would smell like

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Had a cold the last couple times so good thing still could smell it.
My daughter will not use that washroom for and hour or two after.

Bill

I don't think I want to have to have a cold every time I need to drain the brew