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whaase
05-21-2005, 03:12 AM
You always see pictures of people having this dark coffee looking sludge coming out of there skimmer. My question is, what does it come from? Is it mostly fish or coral/rock? (I know both, but which is more)?

Walter

EmilyB
05-21-2005, 03:34 AM
I'm betting fish since I tend to like them a lot.....ask me after I use the CS8-1 on a 45g coral tank... :lol:

BCOrchidGuy
05-21-2005, 03:38 PM
Walter my understanding is that it's mainly nitrogenous waste so I'd say it would be from 1 Fish waste and 2 uneaten foods. Not sure how much waste corals would produce other than the slime that softies produce when injured etc...

Doug