orange skimmate

[blueyota]

I have a coralife pos skimmer that i have done a few mods to make it a little better ....it was pulling some dark green skimmate for the longest time but last night i gave the skimmer a good cleaning now the skimmate is almost bright orange ....Why???

[Eb0la11]

Ive only recently got my skimmer going too, so Im going to piggy back onto this thread. I have not had orange skimmate, but I just wanted to know if other people would classify their skimmate as the most foul smelling thing maybe they have ever smelled?

[Chase31]

dunno about the orange but my skimmate smells like low tide

[Delphinus]

Did you feed something orange by chance?

[globaldesigns]

Is it still smelly?

It could be that you have cleaner water, not as much green algae in the water column, so you are pulling more of other types of wastes (fish poop, food, etc)

[blueyota]

Originally Posted by globaldesigns

Is it still smelly?

It could be that you have cleaner water, not as much green algae in the water column, so you are pulling more of other types of wastes (fish poop, food, etc)

Oh its still stinky alright ...

[blueyota]

no nothing orange ... brine ,mysis , flake , nori and coralsnow are the only foods i put in
oh i did pick up some new plankton type food for treats ..its pink and looks like smaller mysis....maybe that

[Red Coral Aquariums]

Originally Posted by blueyota

no nothing orange ... brine ,mysis , flake , nori and coralsnow are the only foods i put in
oh i did pick up some new plankton type food for treats ..its pink and looks like smaller mysis....maybe that

Yes the orange color skimmate is from the plankton you are feeding. There are no preservatives and right out of the ocean. We are what we eat as the saying goes. It's all good.
I have noted that in our skimmate at the store as I started using it for all the hard to get feeding fish which attack it.
Kevin