I have a coralife nano skimmer with the limewood airstone. For the first week, I had to play with it quite a bit in order to prevent there from being too much skimmate in just a few hours.
Since I've had it nearly 2 weeks, I figured "hey, it should be running like a cheapo skimmer by now" but that's simply not the case -or maybe this IS what cheapo skimmers look like. I end up with a full cup of skimmate once per day...and that (to me) seems like quite the amount to have to deal with.
Is it possible (since I've never run a skimmer on this tank, and it's around 5 months old) that it's really just producing that much? Or, have I made a mistake going cheap and this is literally the best it's going to get?
Skimmate is usually a half dozen shades darker than the water, but still visibly translucent.
Since I've had it nearly 2 weeks, I figured "hey, it should be running like a cheapo skimmer by now" but that's simply not the case -or maybe this IS what cheapo skimmers look like. I end up with a full cup of skimmate once per day...and that (to me) seems like quite the amount to have to deal with.
Is it possible (since I've never run a skimmer on this tank, and it's around 5 months old) that it's really just producing that much? Or, have I made a mistake going cheap and this is literally the best it's going to get?
Skimmate is usually a half dozen shades darker than the water, but still visibly translucent.