Tunze 9002 Skimmate

[Tron_954]

Ive had my 9002 running for a little over 4-5 weeks in a heavily stocked nano, where most skimmers show sludge and gunk, my tunze produces brown tea like skimmate, wet, and watery...

is this normal or should it be thicker?

 

[rvitko]

This is normal, compact skimmers generally cannot produce the thicker skimmate achieved by longer contact times (height). This is not a disadvantage though, while you do lose some saltwater, you also will generally remove more waste as a cup caked with thick sludge will not skim as efficiently and few people will do the daily cleaning required to keep the efficiency up. You can close the air screw a bit to darken it up, but there is nothing wrong with how it is running now.