Hello everyone. I am Brandon Simmasouk!

[Kristopher Conlin]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!

Looks like you have already received a lot of solid advice for your surface film. Let us know how it works!! Surface agitation and getting rid of that film will help with Air exchange and also ph! Which will help your coral grow!

 

[Dburr1014]

Welcome Brandon

 

[LeftyReefer]

TIDAL HOB filters have built in surface intakes/skimmers. They work good for eliminating surface films on sumpless tanks or nano tanks.

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[tharbin]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Karen00]

Welcome to the salty side and the community! I look forward to seeing pics of your tanks.

 

[blaxsun]

 

[Projects with Sam]

 

[Jeffcb]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!

 

[Souky]

Welcome to the salty side and the community! I look forward to seeing pics of your tanks.

Thank you all for the warm welcome! Here is my 50gal before the recent brook outbreak...

 

[Sean Clark]

Welcome to R2R.

 

[Souky]

Hi, I hope you all are well! I am 5 months into the saltwater hobby and I am already learning so much. I have a 20 gallon and a 50 gallon that has a 20 gallon sump. I am hoping to learn a bunch from this forum. To break the ice, how do I get rid of the top oily film of my nano 20gal aquarium? I have a protein skimmer on it but there is still some oily film, likely due to me overfeeding. The nano powerhead is already pointing towards the surface making small waves but not enough. How do I get rid of it? Unless I have a 2nd powerhead for my 20gal nano, I do not have this film on my 50 gal because there is enough surface waves from my one powerhead but the powerhead in the 20gallon is not strong enough to blast the top oily film to where it can come down and reach the bubble magus QQ1 skimmer!

Here is the 20 gal!

 

[Karen00]

Thank you all for the warm welcome! Here is my 50gal before the recent brook outbreak...

Wow! Beautiful! I wish I had the space for a tank that large. I'm so envious.

 

[Souky]

Wow! Beautiful! I wish I had the space for a tank that large. I'm so envious.

Thank you! I think to some extent, we all are envious in a way, as I wish I could house a 100gal for a blue hippo tang(Dory)!

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and the salty world Brandon. Tank is looking good. Lots of knowledgeable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.

 

[bnord]

Welcome!
I have a 15 that sometimes gets a film, but I do 1-2X a week water changes of 5 % and use a pitcher to siphon off the surface
this little changes has kept the softies and LPS booming, knock on wood

 

[CoralB]

Welcome !!!

 

[Adolfo]

 

[mehaffydr]

Brandon Welcome to R2R

 

[SPR1968]

Hi Brandon, welcome to Reef2Reef!