let me introduce you to my "little friend"

[mbbuna]

i finally talked Barb into getting a new skimmer its been up and running for a week or so and ive already noticed an improvement in our NO3 #'s. No3 had been around 5 but no matter what i tried i couldn't get them below 2. i just tested(Salifert) and there was barely any color change:beer:

this is what was pulled out after the first 14 hours

since then the skimmate has gotten darker and im getting a full cup every day

and heres our new G6

 

[MadTownMax]

-=skimmer envy=-

 

[wds21921]

WOW a full cup every day? And it's a large cup as well.

Skimmer envy?

Absolutely lol.

 

[kaptken]

nothing like a nice fresh cup of green tea in the morning !! that's a big skimmer...

 

[bloopbloop]

It looks like a toilet. Oh wait, it is a toilet! Congratulations!

~walks out of the thread with a new skimmer and calls it 'Ralph'~

 

[Shnabbles]

Damn i bet its taller then me!

 

[wds21921]

Any measurable differences in any of your tests yet?

 

[Billybeau1]

I thought this was a Scarface thread at first. :lol:

"Let me intoduce you to my little friend"

Nice job mb. :thumbsup:

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7731835#post7731835 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wds21921
Any measurable differences in any of your tests yet?

i haven't done a po4 or no3 test in a while, but my patches of HA and cyano are steadily decreasing

 

[wds21921]

Good signs at least .

 

[wds21921]

Have your nitrates gone down now Chris?

 

[mbbuna]

yes i tested the other day and they were .2ppm, so now im actually feeding the tank to keep things from getting too low

 

[wds21921]

Wow that is significant.

The HA and cyano gone now too?

 

[mbbuna]

not completely. i think im going to clean the rest out by hand

 

[wds21921]

At least you saw a good amount of reduction. I'm thinking of upgrading to a mag 5 or even a 7 for my Remora Pro for the same thing HA. My algae blenny has been taking a good bit of it but I think even with his size it might be too much.
I added an urchin to see if he would make a dent in it. So far whenever it gets on anything it's taken down to pure clean material lol. It's like white out for your tank.