wet or dry skim

coraljunky

coraljunky

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Originally Posted by Isistius
thanks for the help.....
Now what did I do

I voted wet. I cant pick either one because I feel its in between, but more wet than dry. Does that make sense?
 
al mc

al mc

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Originally Posted by coraljunky
I'm staying out of this one.
I'll take the plunge. I like dry. Why...because it is what I have always done
and my tanks seem reasonably stable. Not scientific, just like many things in this hobby..just what I have been taught and it works for me.

edit...of course when I went to cast my 'vote' I pushed the wrong button and accidently voted for 'wet'
 
J

jrthomas40

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i cant ever get mine to work right sometimes its dry sometimes its wet....but here lately it has been putting a lot of microbubbles in my sump that have been making it to the return and it wasnt doin that before i had to turn it off for a few days
 
trippkid

trippkid

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Originally Posted by ifirefight
Dry...unless my skimmer malfunctions...Then it is wet.

I'm with you. When it malfunctions, I get a huge mess on the floor.
Whether it does or doesn't, I personally feel wet skimming removes too much of other stuff, trace minerals mainly, IDK for sure.
Matt
 
earlybird

earlybird

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Wet. Works for me but I have a 29 so I have to top off with saltwater once or twice between water changes to replenish the salt taken out by my skimmer.
 
isistius

isistius

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mine has been skimming dry for the last 18 months. only recently when i switched from my 135 to my 54, my skimmer would only skim for about 2 days or so, and then the inside of the cone would become so covered in skimmate, that it would stop skimming. there would only be about 3/4" of skimmate in the collection cup. last night i decided to try skimming wet to see if that made any difference. over the weekend, i will be doing a mesh mod to my pump. hopefully that will make all the difference.
 
xeniaman

xeniaman

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I empty my skimmate before I go to bed and also when I wake up. The collection cup on my remora pro is full each time with dark tea, so I guess that would be wet.
 
flricordia

flricordia

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Originally Posted by ecooper
I have a seaclone, I'm happy with any skim!

I'm looking into getting the Remora...
LMAO

I love the seaclone-modified as a phosreactor.
 
isistius

isistius

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Originally Posted by ecooper
I have a seaclone, I'm happy with any skim!

I'm looking into getting the Remora...
that's awesome.

i had the urchin when i first set up my 54, 2yrs ago. it worked pretty good and i was pretty pleased with the results
 
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