Surface slick/film

[Reeflix]

mmm yes i do manual skimming

 

[Sleeping Giant]

try placing a blank white sheet of paper on the top of the surface, allow it to absorb the water.
Remove it by sliding it back towards you and into a bucket or garbage can. it's a Melevsreef trick, and you can do it until it's gone.

 

[Blake509]

Have you plugged the hole in chamber 2?

 

[Saltyreef]

mmm yes i do manual skimming

What does that consist of?

 

[Reeflix]

lots of things, taking a rigid piece of cardboard and wiping across the top, vacuuming it when i do the water change, and lots of other things i have done a couple of times

 

[Reeflix]

also when the flow is off taking a net across the top

 

[CoastalTownLayabout]

Reeflix, you can knock this problem on the head by getting a Tunze Comline filter.

 

[Blake509]

Reeflix, you can knock this problem on the head by getting a Tunze Comline filter.

Little bit to big for an evo

 

[CoastalTownLayabout]

Little bit to big for an evo

OP has an Evo and his issue is likely due to water level too high. Reeflix has a 75g with no overflow.

You really had to pay attention with this thread. Confusing as af!

 

[Blake509]

OP has an Evo and his issue is likely due to water level too high. Reeflix has a 75g with no overflow.

You really had to pay attention with this thread. Confusing as af!

Lol apparently I got lost somewhere along the way

 

[Saltyreef]

Lol apparently I got lost somewhere along the way

Me 3

 

[Saltyreef]

also when the flow is off taking a net across the top

Even though you highjacked the OPs thread.....ill let you in on a bit of advice. That fish net wont filter out but 1000+ micron debris. Think big fish poops.

The finer the debris, the more polishing you will need.

Surface skimming greatly reduces the floating debris.

You should invest in a carbon reactor or a simple polishing filter. If a sumped system you can also reduce this further by running low micron filter socks.

 

[Saltyreef]

Little bit to big for an evo

agreed but the comline was awesome in my jbj 30rl AIO.

There are also plenty of other protein skimmers that will work with the evo @CoastalTownLayabout

 

[pbjorlin]

Angle your return nozzle so it hits the top of the water!

 

[CoastalTownLayabout]

agreed but the comline was awesome in my jbj 30rl AIO.

There are also plenty of other protein skimmers that will work with the evo @CoastalTownLayabout

It seems the lifts are not going to the top floor in this thread.

 

[Saltyreef]

It seems the lifts are not going to the top floor in this thread.

 

[42Freeman]

Carbon should polish the water very well

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

well i skim the water in different ways they do work but it just comes back in a day, i dont have a overflow but the flow on the top is a lot but it wont break it up

OK, yes, anything you do needs to be continuously operating. The film will form again if you go back to the original procedure.

 

[Reeflix]

do you know exactly what it is? its brown and a lot of little flakes put together to create this coating

 

[Saltyreef]

do you know exactly what it is? its brown and a lot of little flakes put together to create this coating