How's your skimmate?

[Namnuta]

Dry skim on my Aqua Medic. Thick almost black skimmate, clean out once a week.

[Marlin65]

Originally Posted by Lance

I hear ya. When I started the pellets the skimmate got much darker and smellier within a week. After a couple of months of running the pellets NO3 levels had dropped from 20 to 0. When the NO3 & PO4 levels were reduced the skimmate went back to normal. I'm assuming you will find the same thing after running the pellets for awhile and they do their job.

When I started running my pellets after 2 weeks I have almost no skim mate but I had close to zero readings to begin with.

[coreyskylar]

Thanks this was helpful, i changed my skimmer settings to the wetter side, this is better right?

[fishoholic]

I tend to run a bit more on the dry side. The thick sludge is gross to clean but I can last 4-5 days before having to clean it whereas when I run on the wet side I have to clean it every day, because it fills up so fast.

[shrimpchips]

My skimmate sucks. I don't know if I'm stupid, or if the Tunze 9002 skimmer just sucks (I like to think it's more the latter), but after almost 2 years in operation, I can never get it "just right".

[coreyskylar]

i think my skimmer is a piece of crap then...
it is a WEIPRO,MODEL# SA-2013,Venturi Driven Protien Skimmer,Tank size...125 g/l, Pump capicity... 500g/l....7Ft/210cm


AYY IDEA???

[PoonTang]

I think Lance skims wet so that he has a larger volume of Facial Nog that he can sell. Kinda like waterin' down his Booze

[Lance]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

I think Lance skims wet so that he has a larger volume of Facial Nog that he can sell. Kinda like waterin' down his Booze

Don't tell my customers that! They're very happy with my cheaper prices.