Skimmer weird color

Stege_saurus · May 12, 2021

I have never noticed this before, maybe it's normal, but my skimmer is making a weird color in the collection cup. Normally it's a dark green color, but as of last night the color of the bubbles is a lighter blue. What is going on?

DeniableArc · May 12, 2021

Any water treatment chemicals or a change of food or aminos? I have seen brown to green but not blue.

Stege_saurus · May 12, 2021

DeniableArc said:
Any water treatment chemicals or a change of food or aminos? I have seen brown to green but not blue.

Nothing has changed, it came out of nowhere. That's what I find weird

FBAA · May 12, 2021

Is your tank somehow getting sunlight from a window? That can cause greenwater algae blooms. Haven't seen blue before. Very interesting.

Stege_saurus · May 12, 2021

FBAA said:
Is your tank somehow getting sunlight from a window? That can cause greenwater algae blooms. Haven't seen blue before. Very interesting.

Sometimes it gets sunlight from across the room but not usually. And even if it does, it's a small amount near sundown...ugh this is weird lol

FBAA · May 12, 2021

What kind of lights are you running and what are the settings.

Stege_saurus · May 12, 2021

T5s that run for 7.5 hrs and low powered Leads that run just to give the aesthetic of sunset and sundown. I've been running these lights for around a year and have never seen this happen. There's no algae in the DT, just the skimmer cup.

FBAA · May 12, 2021

Interesting. Haven't seen that kind of color before. Lighting seems solid but it still looks like greenwater to me. Maybe someone else with more experience can chime in here.

Captain Quint · May 12, 2021

Have you added any supplemental bottled Trace Elements'?

Stege_saurus · May 12, 2021

Captain Quint said:
Have you added any supplemental bottled Trace Elements'?

Not recently. It's been probably 7-8 months since I've done that. I'm confused because while the bubbles are in the skimmer, they're their normal whitish color until they get to the collection cup, then they're blue...Im gonna clean out the collection cup and see if there's something in there.