wet or dry skim

[isistius]

Originally Posted by trippkid
Still only 22 takers for the poll, there should be hundreds by now. Come on people.

Matt
amen my brotha

 

[lesleybird]

Inbetween wet and dry. Not a choice in your pole so I didn't vote. Lesley

 

[geoj]

Based on the instructions that came with my skimmer and my under standing of how a skimmer works I set my skimmate as dry as I can. For the most part surface tension grabs the waste and pushes it up the skim stack. The wetter the skimmate the weaker the surface tension the clearer the water. So I assume that dryer is better, even if it takes longer because it can remove heaver waste. Now is it better for growth or color you got me on that I don’t know.

 

[smellslikefish]

I would vote, but I dont know the difference. haha

 

[sharkbait9]

i voted dry cause thats how i was told to skim. I have always dialed the skimmers in dry. it seems to get a lot of crap out with out risking over flows.

 

[m0nk]

Wet, currently, cause I have a crap Prizm skimmer and it's the only way I get any decent skimmate.

 

[salty blues]

Originally Posted by GeoJ
Based on the instructions that came with my skimmer and my under standing of how a skimmer works I set my skimmate as dry as I can. For the most part surface tension grabs the waste and pushes it up the skim stack. The wetter the skimmate the weaker the surface tension the clearer the water. So I assume that dryer is better, even if it takes longer because it can remove heaver waste. Now is it better for growth or color you got me on that I don’t know.
Sounds logical to me.