Euroreef Blem is here from H20 Tropicals. 167 shipped

[college429]

My philosophy is: "If you don't have a cyanobacteria problem, your skimmer is fine."

 

[robthorn]

well maybe we should all get that aquamedic skimmer because I have never on any day gotten a full cup of skimmate from any tank I have ever touched let alone 2 cups. I like darker skimmate and if I set it any higher it will blow the lid off. <---- literally. can you see through your skimmate easily or is it more coffee looking? well dark coffee I mean. of course I think I may be one of the few people that really don't over feed there tank. some people feed more daily in a 1/4 size of my tank than I do all week. cyano as far as I know has alot to do with silicates. at least that is what I have been told. could be in the salt mix or make up water easily.

 

[angelsil]

My skimmate in the Aquamedic varies from dark tea to medium coffee. As noted above, it is not as dark as the stuff I get out of the Aqua C on my 20. It's not see-through unless I turn the flow up full blast. I'm talking 2 cups kitchen-instrument volume here, not 2 full skimmer cups. I don't think I'd WANT that much coming out of my tank at this stage. Again, this is just my experience with the skimmer. I have no doubt that there are better skimmers on the market but not everyone has $500 to blow on a Euroreef skimmer and I believe that the AM can be a decent skimmer if it's paired with good maintenance habits. Then again, I also believe a LOT of problems in tanks are due to infrequent water/sock changes and generally lax or inconsistent use of additives. I try to do at least a 10% water change every week. I change my filter socks at least once, and usually twice, a week. etc. So maybe my skimmer doesn't have to work as hard as others =)

As for cyano, my issues with it come and go. I didn't have any for the longest time even during break-in when is which it usually hits. Then it came back. Then it went away. Then it came back. I think it had more to do with an overdue change on our RO/DI unit and halides at the end of their lifespan than the skimmer. I also took the UV unit off to (soon) replace it with a larger unit, so that could be part of it, too.

 

[robthorn]

angel I am not knocking the skimmer by any means I have heard good things about them. I was also talking u.s. measure as far as cup size. if I am lucky I get 2-3 cups a week and that it since I have a 5000 sedra feeding and a 9000 recirculating. you can watch it and it seems to be doing well but not as well as some. I just raised the water level a minute ago just to see how well it will do wet. I am going to have to clean the underside of my tank I am sure there is only about 3/4 of an inch gap. the 5000 also feeds air in my skimmer through the venturi.