Skimmer

[astokl12000]

All,

Great site.

I have a question regarding protein skimmers. I just added salt to my aquatium and my skimmer has kicked into overdrive. It is producing a lot of dirt. I was wondering if this is normal. I have nothing in the aquariom at this point.

Thanks,

Adam

[Reefland]

Hi Adam and

Yes this is normal for a freshly setup tank. There is some dirt in the water that the skimmer will remove, and if you have a cloud from a sand bed, then the skimmer will really produce a lot while it helps to clean the water. Nothing at all to worry about.

[astokl12000]

Thank you. That helps.

[Reefland]

What kind of skimmer od you have? What kind of tank and equipment?

[astokl12000]

I have a 210 G tank with a Aqua Clear Aquatics Pro 300 Wet/Dry filter with build in skimmer. I seem to be having a lot of issues with the collection bottle overflowing. Probably just not set up right.

Thanks,

[Reefland]

Are you setting up a reef, or fish-only aquarium? If a reef, you should do some research on using the wet/dry filter (and these types of units with built in skimmers aren't usually good skimmers).

[astokl12000]

What type of filter would you recoment for a reef set up?

[Reefland]

I like to keep it simple, so a high quality protein skimmer, good quality liverock, frequent water changes, and some carbon and filter floss ran occassionaly.