Blue Skimmate?

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Another reefing mystery. Perhaps you have a very light outbreak of green algae?

Can't see anything in the water column. I replaced my carbon this morning

[christyf5]

thats why I said light outbreak. the stuff in our skimmer is pretty concentrated, you would likely not see it in the water column. hopefully the carbon helps though

[fishytime]

any chance some "little one" could have put something in the tank or sump???

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by fishytime

any chance some "little one" could have put something in the tank or sump???

No little ones here. Plus sump and top of tank are enclosed

[untamed]

I've found that the colour of my skimmate is directly related to the colour of the pellets I feed.

[vanreefer]

Christmas skimate... not uncommon this time of year

Originally Posted by MarkoD

i woke up this morning and looked at my skimmer and the skimmate is blueish green.

anyone know what would cause this?

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

your skimmer is running somewhat wet. that is what that is I have it all the time with my skimmer its pulling nutrients out while running somewhat wet.

+1.

Seems obviously wet.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by untamed

I've found that the colour of my skimmate is directly related to the colour of the pellets I feed.

How so?

You change food and the color changes???

Mine is nothing close to my pellet color. I would say coincidence. Not matter what I feed... Green.

Maybe you over feed ha ha. Joke.

[Nate]

I maintain about 50 tanks... Change in Pellet colour in almost every tank results in change of skim mate colour

[MarkoD]

I've never fed anything but brown nls pellets