Skimmer Foam Photo Thread

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

What does that crusty froth look like bubbling up on top of your skimmer? Let's see that beautiful head of disgusting refuse! Post up your photos of rootbeer float in here with extra points if it's bubbling over the top of your cup! The bigger the head, the better!!

 

[Greybeard]

Weird folks around here. Why on earth would anyone want to photograph skimmate?

Yuck.

Oh, what the heck

Vertex Omega 180i. Tank hasn't been running long enough to really be dirty yet.

 

[S.Pepper]

What does that crusty froth look like bubbling up on top of your skimmer? Let's see that beautiful head of disgusting refuse! Post up your photos of rootbeer float in here with extra points if it's bubbling over the top of your cup! The bigger the head, the better!!

Too bad u didn't ask this question yesterday. I cleaned my skimmer last night... and yeah, it was a beautiful thing. (sarcasm)

 

[Waynerock]

I love chasing my wife around with a dirty skimmer cup. She starts gagging and almost throwing up she cant handle bad smells. then my 6 year old son will get a deep wiff of it right in front of her and she almost pukes! ah its the little things. She cant handle the smell of LRS either its great. How would y'all describe the skimate smell though? Mine has a distinct sulfur low tide at the garbage dump musk, its quite invigorating

 

[Terri Caton]

I love chasing my wife around with a dirty skimmer cup. She starts gagging and almost throwing up she cant handle bad smells. then my 6 year old son will get a deep wiff of it right in front of her and she almost pukes! ah its the little things. She cant handle the smell of LRS either its great. How would y'all describe the skimate smell though? Mine has a distinct sulfur low tide at the garbage dump musk, its quite invigorating

I've been around beaches that were being dredged. Smells just like that.

Tip: GREAT use for skimmate. I started a super simple pod propagation. Tank water, skim mate, old sponge or similar then I added some Phytoplankton and pods. They like colder temp so put it in my garage (around 45-50 degrees right now). 24 hour lighting. Those little buggers are swimming all over the place now!

 

[Mical]

You asked for it. These were cleaned Sunday (it's Tuesday now) They have to be cleaned weekly and both have overflows into "catch" containers. The 120g has a Bubble Magus Curve 5 & the 65g has a Reef Octopus BH50 (it's very tight quarters under my 65g) both work great.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Here's mine! probably time to dump it...

 

[Silent]

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

@living_tribunal with all that coral poop in your thread, you guys are bound to have foamy skimmers.

 

[Waynerock]

I've been around beaches that were being dredged. Smells just like that.

Tip: GREAT use for skimmate. I started a super simple pod propagation. Tank water, skim mate, old sponge or similar then I added some Phytoplankton and pods. They like colder temp so put it in my garage (around 45-50 degrees right now). 24 hour lighting. Those little buggers are swimming all over the place now!

I like it

 

[living_tribunal]

@living_tribunal with all that coral poop in your thread, you guys are bound to have foamy skimmers.

You have an art form Daniel, you’re clearly a man who appreciates the finer things in life.

I like where this thread is headed already.

 

[Mical]

You have an art form Daniel, you’re clearly a man who appreciates the finer things in life.

I like where this thread is headed already.

Yep, right down the toilet

 

[LadyMac]

Yummy. I dump it every couple days.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Yummy. I dump it every couple days.

NICE!

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Skimmer Foam Photo Thread

LOL, what will they think of next?

I don't use a skimmer, so here's my contribution

 

[MTBake]

Wish I seen this earlier, I just cleaned mine.

Adam @Battlecorals has a pretty awesome video out there cleaning his skimmer cup. That's some nastiness right there

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

 

[120reefkeeper]

Black coffee anyone??

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Black coffee anyone??

That's some dark roast right there!

 

[Mical]

That's some dark roast right there!

Must be Columbian