Skimmer waste

[rhorn67]

That's so weird lol but if it's not affecting anything I wouldn't worry about it.

At this point I will continue monitoring and hope all continues to be AOK.

Thanks everyone!

 

[Randy smith jr]

Bristleworm spawn, I had this happen over the summer, the whole tank was milky pink overnight and the skimmer went nuts and pulled out pink skim-mate. I have tons of bristles, but from your pic looks like you dont have too big a population.

 

[Redfundai]

That looks sweet.

 

[rhorn67]

Bristleworm spawn, I had this happen over the summer, the whole tank was milky pink overnight and the skimmer went nuts and pulled out pink skim-mate. I have tons of bristles, but from your pic looks like you dont have too big a population.

Thats interesting. I have never had a bristleworm in the tank (at least that I have seen) and my tank water is normal with the exception of the skimmate.

 

[BluewaterLa]

My first thought was that you may have had a rose bubble tip get sliced and diced by a power head
I've had this same color in my skimmer after a rose decided to juice itself.

The only other thing I can think of would be a bacterial bloom of some sort that the skimmer is removing
I've had pink spots in my collection cup on previous systems but never an entire amount like your picture.

Definitely interesting

 

[cmcoker]

My thought was serratia marcescens https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serratia_marcescens

 

[rhorn67]

My first thought was that you may have had a rose bubble tip get sliced and diced by a power head
I've had this same color in my skimmer after a rose decided to juice itself.

The only other thing I can think of would be a bacterial bloom of some sort that the skimmer is removing
I've had pink spots in my collection cup on previous systems but never an entire amount like your picture.

Definitely interesting

If that is indeed the case I guess I should be happy the skimmer is helping combat it. Ran all my water tests again and they are all where they should be. No symptoms of any kind of issue within the tank.

 

[rhorn67]

My thought was serratia marcescens https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serratia_marcescens

Would there be any other symptoms within the tank?

 

[cmcoker]

Would there be any other symptoms within the tank?

What I've briefly read regarding serratia and saltwater referred to it attacking stag horn corals but I don't know how big of a problem that really is.. Serratia is all over the place though, people find it in their shower, tubs, sinks, toilets... It loves water

 

[Midrats]

Pour that into a glass and add a twist of orange peel and you'll have a cosmo.

 

[DereksReef77]

Do you have any coralline algae die off or have you scraped off any coralline algae recently. When I scrape off coralline algae in my tanks then that is what I get in my skimmer. Pinkish to orange colored skimmate is what I get in the collection cup.

 

[rhorn67]

What I've briefly read regarding serratia and saltwater referred to it attacking stag horn corals but I don't know how big of a problem that really is.. Serratia is all over the place though, people find it in their shower, tubs, sinks, toilets... It loves water

I did read that and will be doing a household deep clean this afternoon lol.

 

[rhorn67]

Do you have any coralline algae die off or have you scraped off any coralline algae recently. When I scrape off coralline algae in my tanks then that is what I get in my skimmer. Pinkish to orange colored skimmate is what I get in the collection cup.

Coralline is going strong and I have not scraped any off my walls recently. When I do have some growing on the glass sides of the tank I will shut down the return pump leaving the MP10's on then scrape. My thinking is that helps with the seeding versus it getting filtered out entirely. Coralline is good but figure extra seeding doesn't hurt anything.

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[Rick.45cal]

Karenia Brevis, dino responsible for "red tide", maybe?

 

[rhorn67]

Pour that into a glass and add a twist of orange peel and you'll have a cosmo.

LOL nice!

 

[Keyz]

Has anything died like an anemone or coral of any kind? Cyclopeeze?

 

[ELwirePros]

It may be an airborne bacterium called Serratia marcescens. It seems to inhabit damp places... Just my $0.02

 

[BillH]

My skimmate changes slightly on the weeks I feed reef chili. Do you use anything like reef chili or roids to broadcast feed. Might be too much going directly into overflows.

 

[sweat90lx]

Had this after dosing fluconaxole. Skimmer was off for a week before this. I think it was cyano die off.

 

[NickP13]

I got pink skimmate once from tiny red nudibranchs. I had found them a couple weeks prior and after researching found they ate the small red tube worms. They multiplied like crazy. Went to dump my skimmate and it was pink.... what the heck... Then realized the nudibranchs were all gone... The population had imploded and turned the skimmate pink. Not sure if this is what you are experiencing but seemed familiar. No problems came of it.