Wierd looking skimate

04mach1 · 07/11/2006, 03:55 PM

I have th Octopus NW-150 that has been setup for about a week and this is all it has skimmed so far.My question is the skimate is a bright green looking color and ive never seen that before with any other skimmer ive had.The enclosed pics do not capture how bright it is but gives you an idea.

Ti · 07/11/2006, 04:13 PM

dang, that is pretty green

reefknight · 07/11/2006, 04:28 PM

One word comes to mind; radioactive.

KEstep · 07/11/2006, 05:03 PM

Do you dose any supplements? Kent Marine Coral Vite will make skimmate green.

RichConley · 07/11/2006, 05:24 PM

Dont worry about the skimmate amout at this point. Mine didnt skim anything for 4 or 5 days, then for the next week everything it skimmed smelled like plastic. Now its just ripping stuff out of the water.

04mach1 · 07/11/2006, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KEstep
Do you dose any supplements? Kent Marine Coral Vite will make skimmate green.

Just Seachem calcium and Strontium.

liv5000 · 07/12/2006, 08:54 PM

I recently set up a new skimmer and the collection cup collected a blue/teal colored skimmate. I had no clue where this color was coming from, so I added a phosban reactor with Black Diamond to the system and rinsed out the skimmer a few times with distilled water. Eventually, all of the color was gone. I work in a lab and assume that at some point while I was setting up the skimmer, I must have touched some dye.

I called the company and they said that the skimmer will concentrate any little amount of anything (in my case, possibly the dye that the skimmer must have touched) into the foam. I still do not know where the green color in your setup is coming from, but try to think if you accidentally touched any sort of dye - even a little drop will create the intense color that you are seeing. In the mean time, try using some type of activated carbon to attempt to remove the color causing agent. Good luck!

04mach1 · 07/13/2006, 01:45 AM

Thanks for the suggestionn but theres no way ive been around any dye or anything simular.Ill try the carbon and see whay happens.
Once agian thanks for the reply.

djtodd · 07/13/2006, 09:18 AM

Feeding Phyto?

BubbleMonkeyIII · 07/13/2006, 10:41 AM

looks like the remains of green fish food. Are you feeding any green foods to your fish or inverts? That's my guess.

Remember skimmers take out protiens, mainly from foods you feed, so If you added new green food that would explain it,

what goes in eventually comes out

Elsewise I have no clue.. it is pretty green.. Save it for next years St Patty's day.. can spike some beer with that stuff.. Green tea is good for you, green beer must be even BETTER! ahahha

04mach1 · 07/13/2006, 12:07 PM

No phyto.and no green foods either. I figure Ill give it some time and see if it goes away.I tested the waters and everything came back o.k (had a little phosphate).

oldsaltman · 07/13/2006, 12:22 PM

Mine has always looked like yoursl I thought it was normal... I do feed green stuff anf phyto... I guess that's it for me.

BubbleMonkeyIII · 07/13/2006, 10:04 PM

no green foods.. EVER? or for awhile?

Also what about a fuge and Macros? Could be your plant matter making that green tea.. hahaha

Roland Jacques · 07/13/2006, 10:43 PM

Do you have any freinds who like to drink and pee in Aquariums?

ChemE · 07/14/2006, 12:52 AM

Do you feed any Formula One?

jdieck · 07/14/2006, 01:10 AM

It may also come after cleaning the glass panes from some green algae that might not be so apparent.

07/11/2006, 03:55 PM	#1
04mach1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: chesapeake va Posts: 304	Wierd looking skimate I have th Octopus NW-150 that has been setup for about a week and this is all it has skimmed so far.My question is the skimate is a bright green looking color and ive never seen that before with any other skimmer ive had.The enclosed pics do not capture how bright it is but gives you an idea.

07/11/2006, 04:13 PM	#2
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	dang, that is pretty green __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

07/11/2006, 05:03 PM	#4
KEstep Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Amarillo, TX Posts: 550	Do you dose any supplements? Kent Marine Coral Vite will make skimmate green. __________________ A bartender is just a pharmacist with limited inventory. If you drink don't park, accidents cause people. If only closed minds came with closed mouths. Have a great day. Kris Current Tank Info: 150g. DAS Oak Aquarium, 3 250w. Reeflux 10k on Coralvue Dimmable E-ballasts, 150lbs. Live Rock, DAS EX-2 Skimmer, Remote Deep Sand Bucket, Reefkeeper 2, 10 gallon fuge, 2 Vortechs, Coralvue Dual Chamber Calcium Reactor, Coralvue Kalkwasser Reactor.

07/11/2006, 05:24 PM	#5
RichConley Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bostonian in Chicago going to DC Posts: 9,908	Dont worry about the skimmate amout at this point. Mine didnt skim anything for 4 or 5 days, then for the next week everything it skimmed smelled like plastic. Now its just ripping stuff out of the water. __________________ NO TANKS!!!

07/13/2006, 09:18 AM	#9
djtodd Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 482	Feeding Phyto? __________________ 125G Reef with 40G sump/fuge. 2x 250w 14k MH, H&S A150-F2001 Skimmer, 3x Tunze 6045, MW No3 Reactor, Coralife Ca Reactor. Mostly softies with a metric tonne of Zoanthids. Current Tank Info: Got polyps?

07/11/2006, 04:28 PM	#3
reefknight Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Warner Robins, GA Posts: 626	One word comes to mind; radioactive.

07/12/2006, 08:54 PM	#7
liv5000 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: State College, PA Posts: 2	I recently set up a new skimmer and the collection cup collected a blue/teal colored skimmate. I had no clue where this color was coming from, so I added a phosban reactor with Black Diamond to the system and rinsed out the skimmer a few times with distilled water. Eventually, all of the color was gone. I work in a lab and assume that at some point while I was setting up the skimmer, I must have touched some dye. I called the company and they said that the skimmer will concentrate any little amount of anything (in my case, possibly the dye that the skimmer must have touched) into the foam. I still do not know where the green color in your setup is coming from, but try to think if you accidentally touched any sort of dye - even a little drop will create the intense color that you are seeing. In the mean time, try using some type of activated carbon to attempt to remove the color causing agent. Good luck!

07/13/2006, 01:45 AM	#8
04mach1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: chesapeake va Posts: 304	Thanks for the suggestionn but theres no way ive been around any dye or anything simular.Ill try the carbon and see whay happens. Once agian thanks for the reply.

07/13/2006, 10:41 AM	#10
BubbleMonkeyIII Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 164	looks like the remains of green fish food. Are you feeding any green foods to your fish or inverts? That's my guess. Remember skimmers take out protiens, mainly from foods you feed, so If you added new green food that would explain it, what goes in eventually comes out Elsewise I have no clue.. it is pretty green.. Save it for next years St Patty's day.. can spike some beer with that stuff.. Green tea is good for you, green beer must be even BETTER! ahahha __________________ To say that there are no absolutes, is, in itself, and absolute..... Last edited by BubbleMonkeyIII; 07/13/2006 at 10:53 AM.

07/13/2006, 12:07 PM	#11
04mach1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: chesapeake va Posts: 304	No phyto.and no green foods either. I figure Ill give it some time and see if it goes away.I tested the waters and everything came back o.k (had a little phosphate).

07/13/2006, 12:22 PM	#12
oldsaltman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ga Posts: 1,333	Mine has always looked like yoursl I thought it was normal... I do feed green stuff anf phyto... I guess that's it for me.

07/13/2006, 10:04 PM	#13
BubbleMonkeyIII Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 164	no green foods.. EVER? or for awhile? Also what about a fuge and Macros? Could be your plant matter making that green tea.. hahaha

07/13/2006, 10:43 PM	#14
Roland Jacques Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 2,848	Do you have any freinds who like to drink and pee in Aquariums? __________________ Roland

07/14/2006, 12:52 AM	#15
ChemE Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Nashville, TN Posts: 1,607	Do you feed any Formula One? __________________ Holding it down on the engineering tip y'all Current Tank Info: 190G

07/14/2006, 01:10 AM	#16
jdieck Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maumee, OH Posts: 15,673	It may also come after cleaning the glass panes from some green algae that might not be so apparent. __________________ Did I write what I wrote? What the heck am I talking about! Well..... Nevermind. Current Tank Info: 225 gal reef, DSB, 40 g sump w/ LRT100 return, 37 g pre-sump, 3 MH 250 W 15K, 4 96 W PC dual actinic,ETS 1500 Skim.w/LRT70, 20 lb Ca R., 40 W UV, 1/3 HP chiller, two 350 W Htrs, Neptune II Cont., 330 P LR/ 330 P LS. 55 gal Refugium