ZEOVit or not to ZEOvit?

[Milad]

Originally Posted by naesco

Carefully turn the used filter sock inside out and you will usually find lots of pods which you can throw back in the sump.

Tip the pie plate so that only the oil slick slowly enters the plate until most of the slick is gone.

i thought pods are really small and you cant see them, was i wrong?

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Milad

i thought pods are really small and you cant see them, was i wrong?

Many species of zoa plankton are microscopic but many others are visible to the naked eye.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copepod

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphipoda

[Milad]

this is starting to annoy me, maybe i should make a new thread called why the hell is my water cloudy with particles
im looking at it right now and I can see millions of particles in the water and i can see the rays from the MHs!!!

[Zoaelite]

Sounds like you have a case of the microbubbles. Look very closely, is it particle matter or tiny little bubbles?

[burrows14]

I had a similar problem and thought it was debris but it turned out to be micro bubbles. I ended up valving down my return pump to slow down the flow thru my sump and fixed the problem. Does your skimmer have alot of micro bubbles coming out of it?

[reefermadness]

I find it strange you have an oil slick. I think you may not be skimming the DOC's off the top layer. Perhaps you need a longer linear overflow or probably faster flow through the sump.

In anycase what you are experiencing is not normal and I think it may be a design flaw.

[Myka]

If you point one of your powerheads towards the surface you should be able to create enough turbulence that the oil slick will fix itself, just keep the powerhead permanently in that position.

I also think you have a case of the microbubbles as Zoa Elite suggested. Microbubbles can be difficult to distinguish from particulate matter if you don't know what you're looking for. You say your skimmer is a fair way from the pump and lower than the pump...are there any baffles in your sump? Could you post a picture of your sump? Also, if you have an external pump, and there are any leaks in the plumbing between the sump and the pump it will suck little bits of air in, chop it up, and blow those into the display...which sucks.

[Milad]

I'm pretty sure it's particles. My skimmer output is a descent distance and alot lower from my return pump