Is this something to worry about?

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I put some Brightwell AminOmega HUFA Omega in the display. Not a lot, about a pipette full.
The display immediately clouded up and my skimmer STOPPED working. Skimmer is producing NO bubbles at all. No foam. It looks like it's in freshwater.

See, what had happened was (you know it's gonna be good when you start off like that)
I wanted to use the 4oz bottle for something else. I made some DIY coral snow and the 4oz bottle was just the right size to put the coral snow in.

I had used the AminOmega HUFA Omega last week to make some DIY fish food and thought the bottle was totally empty.
I tried to rinse the empty bottle out in the display only to find out there was a tiny amount still in the bottle which is now in the tank.

Is this something to worry about?
 
You can always do a large water change. I would be more worried about a sudden spike in nitrogen causing probelms than whether a skimmer was foaming.
 
You can always do a large water change. I would be more worried about a sudden spike in nitrogen causing probelms than whether a skimmer was foaming.

I'm not worried at all about a nitrogen spike. My bio filter is more than up to the task.
I have a 180 gallon tank that was set up to have minimal to no water changes but I do water changes every few months.
I do water changes with the Neptune Dos so water changes are SLOOOOOOW. it takes 24 hours to do a 31 gallon water change.

I'm trying to find out if I need to be worried because of how this has effected my skimmer and if it can have any effect on the corals.
I don't know how to get this stuff out or if I should even be worried about trying to get it out.
The skimmer sure ain't helping.
 

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