Easyflip
Aquarium Advice Activist
I have a 30 gal AIO nano reef up 4 months. My nano skimmer produces a dark tea colored skim mate that's watery. It smells like my phyto feast liquid food I feed my corals. I only have 2 clowns and a shrimp so a light bioload. I only feed once every other day and I manually rinse out the pads every few days. I change 5 gals every 2 weeks. Is this a normal skim mate? It's not the foul smelling gunk I read about. Something dark is being removed from the tank so I feel good about that but do you think the skimmer is doing anything? I have it tuned so the froth has to really fight to make it into the cup but it still ends up watery. Is yours like this?
