I've recently purchased a SM-121 for my 75 gallon reef tank. I've got about 6 fishies and quite a few snails and crabs, one sea star, and 3 small coral frags. The system has been up for a few months now, the skimmer running about 2 weeks. Initial break in period seems to be over. I am feeding quite a bit(1 frozen block a day) to keep my fish from eating my coral, pretty effective so far.
Now the problem I'm having is that my skimmer is producing clear skimmate in the collection cup. The neck of the collectuon cup seems to be collecting most of the good and dark skim mate. I'll post a pic of what I mean below.
The collection cup does rise each day very little, it's clear of course. I've read that the neck should be wiped out to allow the nasty stuff to rise. It seems to be getting stuck in the walls on the way up. I've wiped it out and am going to monitor and hope it start making it into the collection cup.
I've got my water level set to just below the white collar below the neck as shown below. I get quite a foam head that over time builds up to the cap on the collection cup, the bubbles are a little big at the moment but I've been constantly changing the setting on this thing to get it right and haven't seen any dark skimmate at all yet.
I'm pretty new to the hobby and appreciate any suggestions
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Now the problem I'm having is that my skimmer is producing clear skimmate in the collection cup. The neck of the collectuon cup seems to be collecting most of the good and dark skim mate. I'll post a pic of what I mean below.
The collection cup does rise each day very little, it's clear of course. I've read that the neck should be wiped out to allow the nasty stuff to rise. It seems to be getting stuck in the walls on the way up. I've wiped it out and am going to monitor and hope it start making it into the collection cup.
I've got my water level set to just below the white collar below the neck as shown below. I get quite a foam head that over time builds up to the cap on the collection cup, the bubbles are a little big at the moment but I've been constantly changing the setting on this thing to get it right and haven't seen any dark skimmate at all yet.
I'm pretty new to the hobby and appreciate any suggestions
😀
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