orange skimmate

[blueyota]

I have a coralife pos skimmer that i have done a few mods to make it a little better ....it was pulling some dark green skimmate for the longest time but last night i gave the skimmer a good cleaning now the skimmate is almost bright orange ....Why???

[Eb0la11]

Ive only recently got my skimmer going too, so Im going to piggy back onto this thread. I have not had orange skimmate, but I just wanted to know if other people would classify their skimmate as the most foul smelling thing maybe they have ever smelled?

[Chase31]

dunno about the orange but my skimmate smells like low tide :p

[Delphinus]

Did you feed something orange by chance?

[globaldesigns]

Is it still smelly?

It could be that you have cleaner water, not as much green algae in the water column, so you are pulling more of other types of wastes (fish poop, food, etc)

[blueyota]

no nothing orange ... brine ,mysis , flake , nori and coralsnow are the only foods i put in
oh i did pick up some new plankton type food for treats ..its pink and looks like smaller mysis....maybe that :noidea:

[blueyota]

Is it still smelly?

It could be that you have cleaner water, not as much green algae in the water column, so you are pulling more of other types of wastes (fish poop, food, etc)

Oh its still stinky alright ...

[Chase31]

Oh its still stinky alright ...

different stink or same?

[blueyota]

its alot darker in the pic

http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/Blueyota/tank%20pics/photo35027.jpg

[bvlester]

Could be some red type of algae that is in the water column, this just means you are getting it out what ever it is, as long as it's smelly then I would say its working as long as it smells the same as before. It could be pigment when a BTA decided to comit harykary I have skim that was a bit on the brown orange side and smelled realy bad. None of the Nem got into the tank as it was the HOB skimmer morter that he decided to go and investigate, sucked him right through the slots in the skimmer moter OR 2500 right into the skimmate. Do you have a missing fish or some thing?

Bill

[blueyota]

no every one is accounted for ....

[Canadian]

Do you run GFO?

[Red Coral Aquariums]

no nothing orange ... brine ,mysis , flake , nori and coralsnow are the only foods i put in
oh i did pick up some new plankton type food for treats ..its pink and looks like smaller mysis....maybe that :noidea:

Yes the orange color skimmate is from the plankton you are feeding. There are no preservatives and right out of the ocean. We are what we eat as the saying goes. It's all good.
I have noted that in our skimmate at the store as I started using it for all the hard to get feeding fish which attack it.
Kevin

[Skimmerking]

dont worry wait til you get your new skimmer :mrgreen:

[blueyota]

:thumb: Oh yea New skimmer ...I cant wait

Thanks for the replys every one ..wanted to make sure it wasnt a sign of somthing bad .....

[Skimmerking]

that color is the skimmer running wet. more nutrient export

[Trocar61]

Could be that snow you are feeding. I used that stuff and man did my tank start to smell, and I would get that color out of my skimmer also. that stuff just pollutes the tank in my opinion.

[untamed]

Did you feed something orange by chance?

no nothing orange ... brine ,mysis , flake , nori and coralsnow are the only foods i put in
oh i did pick up some new plankton type food for treats ..its pink and looks like smaller mysis....maybe that :noidea:

I'm sure this is it. I've seen this affect many, many times with different foods.