SHOW ME YOUR SKIMMATE!

[fishybizzness]

So I was just doing my weekly cleaning on my Lifereef skimmer and was curious about how the different brands of skimmers are performing. I bought my skimmer used of of a member for my 120 build and after setting it up, it started producing skimmate within a day or 2. I have it running with a sicce 5.0 and honestly couldn't be happier. The pics are from my weekly cleaning. Let's see your pics and talk about what you love or don't about your current skimmer!

 

[JumboShrimp]

That skimmer looks like it’s doing an excellent job. Imagine your fish swimming in that gunk in their tank… Which is where it came from, as we know. :(

 

[fishguy242]

:Dyes i like my skimmers...;)

 

[JumboShrimp]

Wow, I can smell that from here! Lol.

 

[fishybizzness]

:Dyes i like my skimmers...;)

I know EXACTLY what that smells like! Lol

 

[Mr Cypher]

yes yes mine also looks and smells like liquid death haha

 

[DJ Lone1]

So I was just doing my weekly cleaning on my Lifereef skimmer and was curious about how the different brands of skimmers are performing. I bought my skimmer used of of a member for my 120 build and after setting it up, it started producing skimmate within a day or 2. I have it running with a sicce 5.0 and honestly couldn't be happier. The pics are from my weekly cleaning. Let's see your pics and talk about what you love or don't about your current skimmer!

I really can't believe how dirty they get. My water is clear, and cup I'd gross.

 

[kittenbritches]

:Dyes i like my skimmers...;)

Good God!

 

[Coxey81]

I just got my first aquarium (used) two months ago and am still having trouble getting mine dialed in. It'll go from producing some decent froth to being really thin clean white bubbles. Have trouble getting it to run rich as BRS calls it.

Seems to do better if I don't clean the inside of the skimmer cup where the bubbles come up.

But it can go from just bubbling at the bottom of the cup to overflowing pretty quick.

Water is clear for the most part though and no algae growth or anything.

I wonder if it's oversized cause it's for 75-90 gallon and I only have a 40 gallon breeder with a 20 gallon sump. Around 53 gallons full.

May just need to keep playing with it and do small adjusts and wait longer.

Do yalls have trouble frothing after cleaning the cup good?

 

[WVNed]

This is what my SRO-5000 looks like 1 day after cleaning it. It makes a gallon a day or so.
I just cleaned it yesterday.

 

[jgirardnrg]

Smells like low tide in Bridgeport in this thread

 

[G Santana]

I wish I had seen this post earlier, I cleaned my cup today as my cup had runneth over!!!

 

[Garf]

I wish I had seen this post earlier, I cleaned my cup today as my cup had runneth over!!!

My cup is always half empty :(

 

[jgirardnrg]

I wish I had seen this post earlier, I cleaned my cup today as my cup had runneth over!!!

This post was started right when I sat down at my computer after completely cleaning the skimmer. I had to clean snails out of the pump and just cleaned the whole deal while I was at it. Had the same thought as you did because I had coffee and tar in that cup!

 

[ying yang]

:Dyes i like my skimmers...;)

I hope to dear God you didnt lick your fingers clean like licking jam from a sarnie ha ha
But fair play to you for added picture of how looks on your hand ( like stuck in woods with no bog roll lol )
Only joking I would use a leaf not my hand,ok ok I know to much info lol

 

[fishybizzness]

I just got my first aquarium (used) two months ago and am still having trouble getting mine dialed in. It'll go from producing some decent froth to being really thin clean white bubbles. Have trouble getting it to run rich as BRS calls it.

Seems to do better if I don't clean the inside of the skimmer cup where the bubbles come up.

But it can go from just bubbling at the bottom of the cup to overflowing pretty quick.

Water is clear for the most part though and no algae growth or anything.

I wonder if it's oversized cause it's for 75-90 gallon and I only have a 40 gallon breeder with a 20 gallon sump. Around 53 gallons full.

May just need to keep playing with it and do small adjusts and wait longer.

Do yalls have trouble frothing after cleaning the cup good?

What brand and model are you using?

 

[blaxsun]

:Dyes i like my skimmers...;)

Good Lord... you touched it! ;Hurting
I feel like I need a tetanus shot just looking at the images...

 

[Coxey81]

What brand and model are you using?

It's an aquamax fc80.

 

[MaxTremors]

Oh, god. We’re not really going to try to revive the ‘show me your nog’ trend from like a decade ago are we?

 

[Coxey81]

What brand and model are you using?

I also don't have a huge biology right now and don't think I'm overfeeding.

Yellowtail blue damsel, lawnmower blenny, six line wrasse, and a scopas tang. Coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, and assorted snails and hermits.