need advice

[nycsicktank]

my skimmer is been running for almost 5 months and still i barely get crap out, mostly dust. this is my daily routine feeding 4xday from pellets to flakes and to frozen. i feed my tank heavily due to so many wrasses. :) yet do i pull out any crap, no! of course feeling 4xday means alot of poops, this is another way getting my skimmer putting out of craps, still no cause my 20 nass and 20 cerith snails eats the poops as soon as they get on the ground. Few month back, i found alot more feather duster on my right side of the corner, this are filter feeder another one stopping my skimmer from pulling out craps? i dont know, i hope someone can help me with this question. i really think this skimmer is REALLY REALLLLLLLLLLLLY UESLESS. and oh yeah my water is perfect for the past 2 months and staple.
ammonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-10(it was 20 not to long ago)
ph-8.0
sg-1.025

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b221/fkyounggs/Picture004.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b221/fkyounggs/Picture001-2.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b221/fkyounggs/Picture003-1.jpg

[rxdoc_85]

wow, that's a lot of feather dusters!!! i thought i was lucky when i bought a piece of LR that had 2 of them on it. haha. i really don't know much about skimmers, just wanted to comment on the dusters. good luck!

[nycsicktank]

thank you rxdoc

this is my 2nd colony of FD. i have a smaller one colony on a small piece of lr. i also got few sponges on my back tank growing more and more every week!

[Grins]

Yeah those colonial feathers can propogate rapidly. What kind of skimmer is it...and why are you feeding so heavily?

[nycsicktank]

coralife 125 super skimmer
you need to feed little 3xday for wrasses and to find out if my skimmer pulls out any crap which it didnt

[nycsicktank]

my skimmer is been running for almost 5 months and still i barely get crap out, mostly dust. this is my daily routine feeding 4xday from pellets to flakes and to frozen. i feed my tank heavily due to so many wrasses. :) yet do i pull out any crap, no! of course feeling 4xday means alot of poops, this is another way getting my skimmer putting out of craps, still no cause my 20 nass and 20 cerith snails eats the poops as soon as they get on the ground. Few month back, i found alot more feather duster on my right side of the corner, this are filter feeder another one stopping my skimmer from pulling out craps? i dont know, i hope someone can help me with this question. i really think this skimmer is REALLY REALLLLLLLLLLLLY UESLESS. and oh yeah my water is perfect for the past 2 months and staple.
ammonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-10(it was 20 not to long ago)
ph-8.0
sg-1.025

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b221/fkyounggs/Picture004.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b221/fkyounggs/Picture001-2.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b221/fkyounggs/Picture003-1.jpg

i would like to add something more to it.
And for the past 2 months i only did 10% w.c :)
is it really my skimmer not doing his job or i dont need one anymore :headshake2::headshake2:

[Grins]

I think Robbie (wantvws) has that same skimmer and had to fiddle with it some. You might ask him.

[nycsicktank]

i think without my skimmer, it will do his job. something to do try tom.

[zhonk]

coralife 125 super skimmer
you need to feed little 3xday for wrasses and to find out if my skimmer pulls out any crap which it didnt Heys thats my skimmer too. I have similar results with it. Except without the feather dusters.

[nycsicktank]

yea zhonk throw this skimmer out asap.

[nycsicktank]

updated:
i have now turn off the skimmer.

[Gangstafish]

Get a Turboflotor.

[strangerdejavu]

I have the coralife 125. It does take a bit of a learning curve to get the thing running nicely, but it can be done. First thing is to ensure that the venturi piece and the pump are tightly pushed together - any leaks will diminish bubble production. Set the skimmer so you see it slowly pushing a layer of "dirty" bubbles to the top of the cup (this layer will probably go up and down a number of times before it overflows into the cup). Check it about half an hour later to make sure this setting has held (occasionally pressure can build in the outlet hose, which leads to an overflow of the cup - so it's important to check that your setting has held).

After a day or two of skimming, sludge will probably build on outlet tube into the cub, so VERY, VERY slightly raise the bubble level of the skimmer. Leave it for 10 minutes, if you don't see bubbles coming out the top, try raising it just a little bit more.

All in all, it does a decent skimming job - it's just very fussy.

[zhonk]

I need to have a skimmer session. Just to tweek that thing.