I’m running an MRC 3 skimmer that receives water that first passes through a 150 micron sock before getting sucked up by the skimmer. I clean the beckett, maybe every two months….I really never took note of the timing. Typically it would be encrusted in salt deposits that easily wash off in hot water.
The past couple weeks I’ve had to clean the beckett weekly because the skimmer would stop working because the beckett would be covered with snot. This snot looks just like snot….. a slightly opaque gelatinous mass. It cleans off easily under hot water.
Nothing different in the tank. Everything looks normal. If it makes any difference, it is a moderately stocked 90 gallon mixed reef tank with a 40 gallon breeder for a sump.
What’s up with the snot? Maybe some bacterial thing going on???
The past couple weeks I’ve had to clean the beckett weekly because the skimmer would stop working because the beckett would be covered with snot. This snot looks just like snot….. a slightly opaque gelatinous mass. It cleans off easily under hot water.
Nothing different in the tank. Everything looks normal. If it makes any difference, it is a moderately stocked 90 gallon mixed reef tank with a 40 gallon breeder for a sump.
What’s up with the snot? Maybe some bacterial thing going on???