Reply With QuoteWhat was in your cup if it wasn't skimmate? Just water? Not terribly uncommon until it's broken in and then tuned.
Hi everyone I have a new skimmer and its just now breaking in but I was wondering can a skimmer produce scum with out producing skim mate. Because my skimmer is doing that and I don't see how. This morning I woke up and my cup was half full but I have no skim mate so I'm kind of puzzled. Thanks
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What was in your cup if it wasn't skimmate? Just water? Not terribly uncommon until it's broken in and then tuned.
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Thanks PearsonOriginally Posted by Phurst
Yea I had just dirty water in the cup.
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Never fear lil Buddy! You'll be making milk shake soon enough.So tell me.... do you already find yourself staring into your DT quite some time looking for life and changes? I do all the time!
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dirty water is skimmate... there isn't enough life crapping in your tank yet to have the mushy skimmate
don't get too excited waiting for it, the stuff STINKS
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YepNever fear lil Buddy! You'll be making milk shake soon enough.that's exactly what I do but all I have seen is a diatom bloom and from what it looks like HA. I went out and bought 2 hermits since my nitrates were down to 0.05 for 2 weeks and they are doing great one has eaten so much he switched to a bigger shell.
lol believe me I don't really want to smell it I was just making sure it was breaking in the right way.
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Lol Yes, the stuff is quite disgusting, but I do get very happy because I know that stinch is no longer in my water!
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