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TekCat 10/05/2006 12:29 AM

Green skimmate
 
Just like subject states. I am getting green skimmate. For those who saw my 90G upgrade thread (being shameless here) know that it is a new tank, and just got my skimmer tuned to produce some skimmate. The skimmate is green! I've never seen anything like it. Mostly brown.

Anyways, tank load is light at the moment - a clown and a gramma, 1 hermit, and 4 snails. I am into green algea phase, could this be linked somehow to green skimmate?

Any thoughts?

jdieck 10/05/2006 12:36 AM

It depends what is it pulling out. A lot of the brown stuff comes from feed and fish poo, in your case with a new tank I think the skimmer is pulling mostly microalgae stuff thus the green color.

atty 10/05/2006 12:53 AM

have you ever used medication. metholite green will make your skimmate go dark green

TekCat 10/05/2006 01:02 AM

Quote:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8279794#post8279794 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by atty
have you ever used medication. metholite green will make your skimmate go dark green
nope, never dosed anything except Ca, Alk, and Mg.

Quote:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8279753#post8279753 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jdieck
... in your case with a new tank I think the skimmer is pulling mostly microalgae stuff thus the green color.
That makes sense.

I have a UV sterilizer that I have not hooked up yet. Any speculations on what would happen to microalgea spores / skimmate when I hook it up?

jdieck 10/05/2006 01:35 AM

Quote:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8279811#post8279811 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TekCat
nope, never dosed anything except Ca, Alk, and Mg.


That makes sense.

I have a UV sterilizer that I have not hooked up yet. Any speculations on what would happen to microalgea spores / skimmate when I hook it up?

Not much color wise, just that now they would be skimmed dead :)

atty 10/05/2006 03:04 AM

if you havent added any medications or dies lol just leave it. oh just like to know how many cups of this green stuff you pull out a week?

t-bone2 10/05/2006 05:18 AM

mine does the same thime the green is so dark its almost black

TekCat 10/05/2006 12:21 PM

This is my first cup LOL I just tuned skimmer for the first time and that is what I've got. I'll try to get a picture tonight, but the junk is not dark, but rather light green.

tkeracer619 10/05/2006 12:34 PM

thats why mine did first run. It was great what it pulled out on the first run. It only got better ?O_o? Man my skimmer pulls some nasty nasty stuff.

atty 10/05/2006 07:12 PM

yeh sounds like its doing the job. i just got a deltec and it rmoves a full cup a day. so intersting to watch lol.


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