ASM G2 and G3 owners

[kogle]

How much skim mate does your skimmer produce? I read somewhere that it is supposed to fill up daily. I don't undertand this becasue mine only needs emptied once per week and even then it's not that full. My nitrates are less than 10 but not zero. I have an extremely low bio load on the tank with only a medium yellow tang, a adult clownfish and a very small clown in a 180.
I guess I'm worried my G2 isn't working as it should.
BTW, I get very wet skim mate as well...

:notsure:

 

[moneyman]

I have a G3. I adjust mine so I empty a 3/4 collection cup weekly. The fluid is dark and the side is caked.
I think your G2 is working as designed. Filling a collection cup daily is too agressive, IMO.

 

[kogle]

Well that's good to hear becasue I thought I was over skimming with the skim mate being as wet as it is. I was going to get the G3 but I didn't think it would fit under my stand and I get the G2 in there and there's like 6 inches to spare...

 

[stdreb27]

I really depends on your bioload. With the low bioload your tank has, I don't think it will pull all that much skimmate. It can't clean what is dirty.

 

[murph145]

i run an ASM-G4 on my 180 and i did the mesh mod... thats where u take out the needle wheel impeller and u break off all needles take the mesh product double it up cut to fit and zip tie on place to the disk.... now u use the mesh to cut up the air and water instead of the needle wheel and it does a lot better of a job....
on a G-4 it has a very large collection cup and i still only empty it once a week but its gets very dark and very smelly..... its kinda a simple mod that works very welll... its probably doubled my skimmers performance versus using the stock needlewheel

 

[kogle]

Murph, I'll keep that mod in mind as my bio load increases. Were you the one that had some pictures on here showing how you did the mod?