dimanche 10 août 2014

skimmer performance low? tank maint. high??

Just because your skimmer is not producing as much mate as it has in the past

does not always mean the skimmer is not performing well.

It could be the maintenance is performing quite well on the keepers end of things.



overnight collection of skimmer cup run off

never mind the crud on the entire bottom of the L bucket

but the colour of the water is what I'm going for here.



L bucket 100g tank with less maintenance.

R bucket 40g with exceptional maintenance.



BTW the skimmer on the 40 is set quite very dry.

The cup has more of a dust encrusted mate coverage

on the walls and very little down in the cup.

I've never seen skim mate this dry before.

I really don't see a problem with "over skimming"

Skimmer on my 40 is rated for 250g

Skimmer on my 100 is rated for 400-600g

which will go on my 40 when I shut the 100 down.

Yeh, 10x or more the system capacity. It was on my 46 for some time.



Don't mind the CC coral doubling in the last 3 months on my 40B.

It's not a skimmer thing…well maybe it helps...a little :biggrin:




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