Is there a topic on skimmate color

[twilliard]

Hey Scooter but why do we see people with dark green skimmate?
That is my original question.

Why green
Why brown

I just have that gut feeling that skimmate can tell us what is in the water that it is pulling out.
I have been battling water quality issues for a few years now and end up lost in a loop of confusion.
I will go read your links and see what I get out of them.
Thanks, I appreciate RF and the info you offer.

 

[Scooterman]

My guess without a microscope & being a mad scientist would be green alga's vrs brown poops & foods. We all have algae & can't do without it, it is a necessary building block. The problem you have as with everyone that has a closed cage of water is learning how to keep just enough but not so much it is ugly. You could do as some & change out 100% water weekly or at least very aggressively, doing wc's & cleaning that tank is the only real way to do it. The problem with that is we have lives & expect to find a fast cure. It took about a year & a half before I had algae issues & one thing Coralline (another algae BTW) does is out compete the nasties we do get. My tank needs more of that & the thanks that you can't see algae is usually ones that are well cleaned & has plenty of coralline, exporting nutrients constantly, skimmers, absorbers like Phosguard etc. A loaded tank that can out compete the nasties without excess will do better.

 

[Skimmy]

i think the skimmate color has to do with 2 things...

1. amount and type of bioload
2. food you are feeding, and frequency of feeding

everybody's feeding and bioload is different, hence the different skimmate.

 

[warforged]

Interesting Thread...

A little off..in the strange area I go...

Would it kill someone if they drank a shot of Skimmate? (if you ask why, cause drunk people do play bad jokes on eachother)

Not that I am thinking of doing this to anyone =)

 

[dnjan]

The person killed might be the joker, not the drinker ...

 

[trido]

The person killed might be the joker, not the drinker ...

Most likely!

 

[Jan]

Here you go, folks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnbjQM3Gu9Y

 

[Scooterman]

Here you go, folks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnbjQM3Gu9Y

Awe Doodette that was nasty!

 

[Jan]

I know...don't ya love it? :lol: