Tan cream skimmate ??

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

I recently switched tanks and transfered over. The only new thing is a ~5" DSB.
My skimmer since setting up on this new tank 9 days ago has filled the cup twice with a Tan skimmate. Like a tan suede coat or boots in color. No hint even of brown or green.
It is stank just like a nice brown mud collection though.

It has a hint of white to it.
I've never seen this color before, what is it due to??

[danskim]

Maybe it's the really fine sediment from the new sand?

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

Ahh...perhaps I didn't rinse as well as I thought. Thanks.
I bet that's it as I've never seen this before.

[SlowCobra]

Sand storm residue. Nothing to worry about. The tank will settle and you will not get it anymore.

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

Need to rinse better next time. Maybe for an hour each 1/4 bucket, lol.

[kodyboy]

sand or maybe a bacterial bloom, who knows what gets pulled out of these little mini-ecosystems we make. In fact I think we know very little of what actually constitutes skimmate, as in what exactly does a skimmer pull out of the water? I read a thread somewhere that a researcher was asking for skimmate samples from hobbyists, but I have seen much since then.

[luke33]

I read the same thread about the guy researching skimmate. But nothing ever came about.

[rod113]

I just swiched to a larger tank and had the same trouble went away in about two weeks skimmer is doing fine now I think its like the others was saying sand and settlement on the rocks.