Skimmate looks clearish green/yellow?

DustinS85 · 01/30/2015, 10:03 PM

I have a new skimmer I just set up today (AquaEuro Nano Tank skimmer 2), and I have the bubbles going where it is recommended, and my skimmate that is collecting is like a clear green/yellow color, and not the dark brown I see in image searches. Is what I have normal, if not what should I do?

DustinS85 · 01/30/2015, 10:05 PM

Sk8r · 01/30/2015, 10:07 PM

THat's 'wet'. But then a new tank doesn't have much to froth. Dial it back and watch it: on a new skimmer I'd either site it above the sump or run an overflow hose (some skimmers have an overflow port) back into the tank---this isn't going to hurt anything, and it will prevent the thing running wild and flooding your floor while altering your salinity via the autotopoff. New skimmers are a beast to break in!

DustinS85 · 01/30/2015, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Sk8r

THat's 'wet'. But then a new tank doesn't have much to froth. Dial it back and watch it: on a new skimmer I'd either site it above the sump or run an overflow hose (some skimmers have an overflow port) back into the tank---this isn't going to hurt anything, and it will prevent the thing running wild and flooding your floor while altering your salinity via the autotopoff. New skimmers are a beast to break in!

This is a nano skimmer, and it is in tank. I don't have a sump personally. I have a 20 gallon high tank. My skimmer is this (http://www.petco.com/product/115522/...n9sxoCps3w_wcB

01/30/2015, 10:03 PM	#1
DustinS85 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Elyria, OH Posts: 88	Skimmate looks clearish green/yellow? I have a new skimmer I just set up today (AquaEuro Nano Tank skimmer 2), and I have the bubbles going where it is recommended, and my skimmate that is collecting is like a clear green/yellow color, and not the dark brown I see in image searches. Is what I have normal, if not what should I do?

01/30/2015, 10:07 PM	#3
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	THat's 'wet'. But then a new tank doesn't have much to froth. Dial it back and watch it: on a new skimmer I'd either site it above the sump or run an overflow hose (some skimmers have an overflow port) back into the tank---this isn't going to hurt anything, and it will prevent the thing running wild and flooding your floor while altering your salinity via the autotopoff. New skimmers are a beast to break in! __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

01/30/2015, 10:05 PM	#2
DustinS85 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Elyria, OH Posts: 88