show me your skimmate

Discussion in 'Aquarium Photography' started by Joeogio, Sep 26, 2012.

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  1. chaliceguy89

    chaliceguy89 Banned

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    now thats a lot of stink on one page lol
     
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  3. luisgo

    luisgo Astrea Snail

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    When you have very dark and stinky skimmate is because your water is not too clean. Not necessarily because you have a good skimmer....
     
  4. NanaReefer

    NanaReefer Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    Wonderful point! Glad you posted this :) Personally my skimmer is used solely as a surface skimmer. WC do the rest :)
     
  5. skurious

    skurious Sailfin Tang

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    Or you skim dry rather than super wet.
     
  6. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    That's some dark skim- for a guy from Montana!
    ;-)

    I'll be moving to Montana soon, gonna be a Dental Floss Tycoon
     
  7. Biocube

    Biocube Giant Squid

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    Alex you really need to get a bathroom near your tank..
     
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  9. luisgo

    luisgo Astrea Snail

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    This is skimmate of four days

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  10. kriv4o

    kriv4o Astrea Snail

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    bottom of my skimmate collector:
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  11. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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