What should stuff in skimmer look like?

mikeb · 08-08-2004, 01:43 PM

This is my first experience with a skimmer. It is an aquaC remora pro that I have just installed in my sump. It is already producing a green liquid in the skimmer cup(about a quarter inch in a day and a half). It just looks like green water, not thick or anything. Is this what I should be seeing?

Matt Rogers · 08-08-2004, 08:41 PM

You need to find a balance between filling the cup fast with watery skimate and going to slow with super dark stuff. Green sounds good.

Here is a pic of mine:

mikeb · 08-09-2004, 03:28 PM

Thanks Matt. I was also wondering about the remora. There seems to be a little bit of a gap inside where the outer walls meet the interior. Not a large gap but not water tight either. Does that sound right to you?

Matt Rogers · 08-10-2004, 06:13 AM

Are you talking about between the cup and the outer walls of the skimmer? If so, that's normal.

mikeb · 08-10-2004, 11:55 AM

No, not the cup. It's in between the square part that the cup sits in and the back wall of the unit. In other words if I look straight through the return spout I can see tiny bubbles escaping from the left back corner of the "bubble chamber" into the return.

Matt Rogers · 08-10-2004, 12:17 PM

I've got that too a little bit. Kinda bugged me at first, but it's not a whole lot.