Skimmate amounts

[Saltysteve]

I figured this would be good information to know. Everyone go empty your collection cup on your skimmer. On Friday, measure your amount in ML 's and answer the poll and also post your amount and type of skimmer.....

Let's find the average...... :lol:

[Aquattro]

My Euroreef ES6-2 pulls less than 60ml/24hr on a new 75g tank. 70# of LR, 6 fish, 2 shrimp, 6 corals.
10g weekly water changes help keep it low. Bare bottom tank doesn't let detritus settle.

Gonna be hard to conclude anything, because all these factors affect the performance of a skimmer. The same skimmer on my 155g pulled 2 cups per day of black gunk.....

[EmilyB]

Yah, tank size, bioload, maintenance etc. all of that changes things so I don't think you can compare from one tank to the next.

My cup drains into the sewer line anyway. :biggrin:

[christyf5]

I clean mine every 2 days. Not that its full but it just says to in the manual. Euroreef ES-6-2. I guess probly about 60ml+ every couple of days.

Christy :)

[StirCrazy]

um, how many ml are in a gal? I figure I will have about 3 gal by friday :mrgreen:

just upgraded my becket to a Mazzie and an still trying to set it up right, but the 1 gal looks like coffee.

Steve

[Saltysteve]

See , I already learned a lot :lol:
I'm 220 to 240 ML every 4 or 5 days myself. If we assume that we all stay within a reasonable bioload and post gallons. I think we can come up with some figures :cool:

[sumpfinfishe]

I would say around 25-30ml every other day

[StirCrazy]

ok as predicted I emptied my jug yeasteday morning and I just emptied it now, so 1 gal in 24 hours dark green tea.

Steve

[Aquattro]

Steve, you might want to do a water change!!!

[danny zubot]

A better poll might be how many ML per gallon of tank water in a given amount of time. I'm at about 250ml per 65g over 5 days, but I don't have much of a bio load right now. 1 clown, 1 cardinal, 1 rbta and a reef moderate reef crew.

[StirCrazy]

Steve, you might want to do a water change!!!

I am, just through my skimmer :mrgreen:

Steve

[sumpfinfishe]

Yeah Steve maybe you shouldn't have plumbed your sump into your new pad's
sewer line :razz:

[whatever]

Sorry, but I don't understand the purpose of this poll. The amount of skimmate doesn't tell us anything without knowing all the variables involved. And there are a lot of variables to consider. Can someone please explain what I am missing?

[Saltysteve]

There's not that many variables. Don't make things so difficult :lol:

[whatever]

OK. For three days worth of skimmate, I would be in the 240mL + category. What does it mean?

[danny zubot]

How big is your tank and what kind of bio load do you have?

[whatever]

That's my point. Without knowing all the varibles, the amount of skimmate doesn't mean anything. That's why I don't understand this poll and the reason for my original question.

[Aquattro]

That's my point. Without knowing all the varibles, the amount of skimmate doesn't mean anything. That's why I don't understand this poll and the reason for the original question.

I agree. And we don't even know what variables we would need values for. I feed lots of Mysis. My skimmer will get more than a comparable tank feeding flake. Well, depends how much flake vs. the biomass consuming it, and how much waste that biomass excretes.

food, flow, temp, lighting, alage production, biomass, respiratory rates of the biomass, heterotrophic vs. autotrophic biomass, photosynthesis rates, the list goes on.

Ideally I rate my skimmer on black goo per every change time (which is never the same). I have values of "not much" "a fair bit" and "real lots" :razz:

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Zero mls per year.

Don't use skimmers :lol: Use Macro instead. Nobody has offered to buy or trade for my skimmate. :lol:

Totally KISS.

Anthony

[whatever]

[Ideally I rate my skimmer on black goo per every change time (which is never the same). I have values of "not much" "a fair bit" and "real lots" :razz:[/quote

I'm the same. I can tell when somethings not right in my system, but I can't see how me telling someone how much skimmate I have over a 3 day period will have much meaning to anyone else.

[Chad]

maybe its under the "neat to know" factor :)