Brown tint water in an established tank, bigger skimmer required??

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Hello

Ive been wondering if this is normal or not, In the picture below you will see that the water has some brown/yellow color (compared with the white wall on the back)
You are seeing through 30 inches (76 cm) of water without aquarium lights, just natural morning light.

Is this expected?, more skimming required?. Mi skimmer is set to wet skimming so I dont think it will be cabable of getting more nutrients out of the tank.
Im hesitating, becasue my phosphates and nitrates levels are super low, near zero. Ammonia is a bit high (0.125 - 0.2) but ammonia doesnt have this color...

Thank you !



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