How's your skimmate?

[Namnuta]

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

[PoonTang]

Here is mine this morning. 24H of production. A little wetter than normal because I fed Coral Frenzy after lights out last night.

[viperfish]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

Here is mine this morning. 24H of production. A little wetter than normal because I fed Coral Frenzy after lights out last night.

Forget Coral Frenzy! I figured you must have fed your fish a steak dinner to create that much waste!

[Madreefer]

I skim dry. Has anyone noticed a difference in how their tank is (water quality or appearance in corals) between skimming wet or dry?

[Marlin65]

I have almost no skim mate on my 75 running pellets. I clean maybe ones every three weeks. On my 150 I have a overflow canister I am about the same on that about three weeks both are dry skim.

[whatcaneyedo]

Here is a weeks worth of what I generate. I skim dry because that seems to be the way my skimmer (PM Bullet 3) is meant to work.

[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.

[Marlin65]

Originally Posted by delo978

Well with my remora my only option is wet skimate....but I don't mind cause it's too easy to replenish what you've lost with wet skim. On the same note I haven't moded my remora yet with a "2/4L" bottle, anyone done that yet. I just want to make sure I don't crack the skimatecup when I drill out a hole for a flow tube.

I did that on mine when I ran one just use a dull drill bit and go slow you want to melt your way through.

[Wayne]

Originally Posted by SAMSHUNG

I own a Red Sea Prizm. Consequently, I get no skimmate.

I have a Red Sea Prism on my 29 and it works good for this size of tank. Granted I havn't tried any other brands but I get quite a bit of skimmate.

I empty my cup every 3 days or so and its certainly not wet , certainly not of the weak stomach!

[coreyskylar]

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