My skimmer is producing a watery skimmate than i think it should

[John Hartford]

The skimmer I have is a Bubble King 250 internal. I just added the live rock to the 210 tank yesterday and turned the skimmer on. The skimmate is mostly jsut a yellowish water that is being produced. There is no real thick dark skimmate being produced yet. Is there a problem, should i adjust something?

 

[Anemonebuff]

It will need break in time, sometimes a few days and sometimes a month. The only thing that it has to remove from the tank now is the dieoff from the new rocks.

 

[John Hartford]

So How long is the break in time usually?

 

[Craig Lambert]

New skimmers made of plastic/acrylic have a certain amount of oil on their surfaces. This will wear away fairly quickly, and your skimmer should begin to produce a dryer darker foam. What you're seeing is very normal.

 

[michaeldaly]

As your bioload gets heavier your skimmer will also start producing more

 

[davefeag]

Is your skimmer adjustable? If so you may have the water level in the reaction chamber too high.

-Dave

 

[John Hartford]

Yes the skimmer is adjustable, there is also some nob that fine tunes the foam level.

 

[143gadgets]

You might want to PM NAGA. He has one of these and should be able to help u out. Good luck.