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05-31-2010, 01:38 AM
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I would assume that if it doesn't produce much skim mate that the tank may be using what it's skimming in it's eco system. Have you ever washed your skimmer? And by having the carbon and chemipure elite will help purify the water which means that the skimmer doesn't have much to skim!
Hope this helps! Seaserpant
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05-31-2010, 01:52 AM
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I gave it a good cleaning when I transferred to this tank and it still looks clean on the inside chambers. I do get some gunk on the tube in the collection cup and the bubbles are usually up to the top of the tube but don't seem to roll over into the collection cup very much. Is this due to lack of organic material in the bubbles? I see everyone always showing off their cups full of dark skim mate after only a day or two of running their new skimmers and I'm not getting that. I would like to think that it's just because I don't have much organic material in my water but I don't really know for sure.
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05-31-2010, 01:59 AM
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How often do you empty it? I empty my nano remora everyweek and i only get about half full and it's only a pale brown. The colour of the water is relative to how big the collection cup is and the amount of gunk in the water. When a person puts a new skimmer on usually it's because they haven't had one on the tank before and it has a lot to take out.
Thanks SeaSerpant
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05-31-2010, 02:35 AM
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I empty it out and clean it up with a bottle brush and sponge every week with my water change. You're probably right about new skimmers on others tanks producing so much because of the need of a skimmer. My best (or worst) week of skimming on this tank only saw about a 1/4" of skim mate in the cup. I only started using Chemipure Elite 2 weeks ago and since then I've been down to almost no skim mate. Maybe I should pass on the skimmer for now and get an MP10 instead! I have a Koralia 2 right now but it produces a little too much flow for this tank and I really want the random flow that a MP10 can give me. Thanks for your thoughts.
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05-31-2010, 02:38 AM
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Well i'm glad my advice can be helpful!
Keep up the good work SeaSerpant
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