Protien Skimmer-When Does it Produce

nizmike

nizmike

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Hello All,
My 55 gallon has been set up for two weeks now. I have about 22lbs of live rock and two fish in there right now - 1 Royal Gramma and 1 small panther grouper.
Ammonia is <.25 ppm
Nitrite about .05ppm
Niitrate 10ppm
There is brown diatom algae is coating the bottom of the tank right now.
In addition to the LR I am running an Amiracle SL-15 Wet/Dry filter.
My question is at what point will my skimmer start to produce some waste? Right now I am getting nothing.
Mike
 
moto757

moto757

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what kind of skimmer is it I have a aqua c in sump and it started pulling stuff out after 2 weeks and hasn't stopped since
 
cincyreefer

cincyreefer

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A good protein skimmer would start pulling crap out pretty much right away. Right kind of protein skimmer is it?
 
cincyreefer

cincyreefer

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Originally posted by nizmike
The skimmer is built into my Amiracle SL-15 Wet Dry Filter.
Oh, I see. I am not familiar with that skimmer, but I have yet to find a skimmer/sump combo that seems to work at all. Do you have a picture? The skimmer might just need to be tuned a little.
 
moto757

moto757

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same here that is what i was told about those wetdry skimmer combos hopefully you can tune it up though or maybe yank it out and do a little customizing yourself
 
cincyreefer

cincyreefer

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Looks like a typical venturi skimmer... There is probably a little valve on the airline hose that comes from the pump. I would go ahead and open that valve all the way and see if skimmate starts to form.
 
nizmike

nizmike

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I open the valve, and get plenty of bubles and foam(I guess). However, the foam never gets close to reaching and climbing up into the collection cup.
Even when I adjust the gate, the foam only comes within an inch of the collection cup.
Mike
 
cincyreefer

cincyreefer

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Leave it all theway open for a few days.... The cup should eventually start to fill. Otherwise I guess you can try modifying the skimmer.
 
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