what's in your Skimmate!

[ASHWIN]

Ever Wonder What is in your skimmate?..Lol was Bored so was reading up alot of stuff

based on what i read

The Report

• 38% organic carbon
• 26% calcium carbonate
• 21% silicon dioxide
• 8% inorganic ions (trace nutrients????
• 7% magnesium carbonate

Another surprising thing (sort of Haha if i can say it..it was the amount of calcium carbonate removed. Clearly, our tanks have a lot of calcium carbonate in the water—that’s not what is surprising Lol.. but most of us spend a lot of time trying to ensure calcium levels stay high in our tanks, but the results of that study suggest that our skimmers may be sucking Partial of dosing out of our tanks.

[james72]

You can try run your skimmer for only half a day and see if your calcium increases?

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[Aquareef123]

Ever Wonder What is in your skimmate?..Lol was Bored so was reading up alot of stuff

based on what i read

The Report

• 38% organic carbon
• 26% calcium carbonate
• 21% silicon dioxide
• 8% inorganic ions (trace nutrients????
• 7% magnesium carbonate

Another surprising thing (sort of Haha if i can say it..it was the amount of calcium carbonate removed. Clearly, our tanks have a lot of calcium carbonate in the water—that’s not what is surprising Lol.. but most of us spend a lot of time trying to ensure calcium levels stay high in our tanks, but the results of that study suggest that our skimmers may be sucking Partial of dosing out of our tanks.

what about protein? I thought protein skimmer should skim out protein.

[dragoncube]

what about protein?  I thought protein skimmer should skim out protein.

I think that would be the organic carbon.

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[Aquareef123]

I think that would be the organic carbon.

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Oh yeah. You are right.