skim waste

808Rob · 04/12/2010, 11:53 PM

Would the color of skimwaste reflect the health of your tank?

SeanT · 04/13/2010, 01:29 AM

What color skimmate are you getting?
Dry skimming tends to be darker, black coffee color.
Wet skimming looks more like water downed iced tea to green tea.

Sean

flyyyguy · 04/13/2010, 03:46 AM

not necessarily

Just like when you eat three bowls of fruit loops and your poop is bright green, what you feed the tank can have an impact on the color of the skimmate slightly

that may have been a bad analogy as fruit loops isnt good for you, but I have noticed slightly different colors when I change my food choices drastically

nanojg · 04/13/2010, 07:14 AM

Like Sean said, biggest factor is how wet or dry you skim

808Rob · 04/14/2010, 12:55 AM

I usually run it dry skimming and my skimmate is usually a really dark green olive color. I usually feed my fish flakes and frozen brine and mysis shrimp while alternating with ocean plankton.

04/12/2010, 11:53 PM	#1
808Rob Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 277	skim waste Would the color of skimwaste reflect the health of your tank?

04/13/2010, 01:29 AM	#2
SeanT Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Wilmington, North Carolina Posts: 13,860	What color skimmate are you getting? Dry skimming tends to be darker, black coffee color. Wet skimming looks more like water downed iced tea to green tea. Sean __________________ My tank was cool. Current Tank Info: Barebottom (the tank not me...at least not at the moment).

04/13/2010, 03:46 AM	#3
flyyyguy King of the white corals Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,239	not necessarily Just like when you eat three bowls of fruit loops and your poop is bright green, what you feed the tank can have an impact on the color of the skimmate slightly that may have been a bad analogy as fruit loops isnt good for you, but I have noticed slightly different colors when I change my food choices drastically __________________ I like holding hands, snuggling, and long walks on the beach

04/13/2010, 07:14 AM	#4
nanojg Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 2,174	Like Sean said, biggest factor is how wet or dry you skim

04/14/2010, 12:55 AM	#5
808Rob Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 277	I usually run it dry skimming and my skimmate is usually a really dark green olive color. I usually feed my fish flakes and frozen brine and mysis shrimp while alternating with ocean plankton.