What's Your Normal Skim Color?

[Kasey Grohowski]

Just wondering what your normal skim color is? My Bubble Magus Curve 12 just started producing skim after breaking in and it's a dark yellow. Not sure if I want it lighter or darker.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Depends on how wet you're skimming. If you skim dry it'll be dark, if you skim wet it'll be a lighter brown to a yellowish color

 

[Kasey Grohowski]

Depends on how wet you're skimming. If you skim dry it'll be dark, if you skim wet it'll be a lighter brown to a yellowish color

Yes I know, just trying to see what the majority of people do.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Yes I know, just trying to see what the majority of people do.

I like to skim dry, so mine gets really dark

 

[Kasey Grohowski]

I like to skim dry, so mine gets really dark

Any reason?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Any reason?

You don't have to empty the skimmer cup as much, and it doesn't pull as much out of the water as wet skimming does. I do this to keep some nutrients in the tank.

 

[Hemmdog]

Black

 

[Auquanut]

I try to dial my skimmer in so that it needs to be emptied at about the same time I change my filter socks (every 3 days). My skimmer cup is usually about half full of darkish tea colored skimmate by then.

 

[brad shawn]

Caucasian

 

[sfin52]

Very dark

 

[SeaJay]

Caucasian

I misread the title at first and was going to answer that I don’t really see how it’s relevant to reefing, but me too...

 

[VB313]

Not gona lie I totally read the title wrong at first glance;Hilarious

 

[sfin52]

Not gona lie I totally read the title wrong at first glance;Hilarious

I did the same thing.

 

[Tastee]

Dark brown to black for me. I skim fairly dry as I don’t want to remove too many nutrients, just the macro stuff. If I found PO4/NO3 rising too much I would skim wetter, but for now they are on the low end of where I feel I want them.

 

[motortrendz]

I vodka dose so I notice mine tends to be alot darker. It's a black sludge with greenish tint.

 

[Silver14SS]

 

[TonysReef]

Mine is dark at the moment, but that's intentional. I don't want to skim too much out of the tank as my nutrients are very low as a result of a clarisea and refugium. When the tank was in earlier stages I had my skimmer turned up and was skimming more/lighter in color and would do so again if I ran into any issues. It really comes down to your needs/wants.

 

[rmurken]

I do both basically—I skim dry and get dark skimmate, and I do half or 3/4 of my 10% weekly WC by skimming very wet.

 

[Water Dog]

I skim dry and get a dark brown sludgy skimmate... a yes, it reeks!

 

[Angrywalnut]

Very dark brown/green. I run skimmer level so it accumulates thick scum only on the top 1/2 inch of neck.