mrdc
Active Member
I use an Aqua Remora Pro with a Mag5 and Preskimmer. I was in a conversation with a friend last night on protein skimmers and he thought I may not be skimming enough. I told him that I get roughly ½” cup a week and he thought that is should be more since I feed heavily. I have the collection cup down as far as it will go and I don’t think there are any other sort of adjustments that can be made to the unit. I also clean the Mag pump about once month (give or take a few weeks). I know the skimmer is doing something because if I throw in any sort of water conditioner, the cup will fill up fast and I have to empty it at least twice in an hour or it would overflow. Well it came down to whether my salinity is low (heard that low salinity can cause a skimmer not to work as effectively) which I checked last night and it’s dead on 1.025 (use a refractometer) or whether my 10-15% weekly water changes is keeping my water clean. I also run chemi-pure carbon, pura pad and seachems de*nitrate. I wish I had access to another skimmer to test out but I don’t. Is there anyway to determine whether it’s just clean water causing my skimmer not to pull as much or if it’s being caused by something else? Thanks.
