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    Default Skimmer's gone crazy

    I've got a PM Red Line 175 skimmer on a 140-gal mixed reef with a medium bioload. The skimmer used to pull about 1" of dark green skimmate every three days or so. However, I started dosing vodka about two weeks ago, and over the last week, the skimmer's gone nuts. No matter how I seem to adjust it, the skimmer runs ultra-wet and fills the collection cup with very lightly-tinted water in just a few hours. If I adjust the bubble column all the way down to the bottom of the skimmer neck, it will still fill the cup with mostly-clear water within six hours or so.

    Anybody have suggestions as to what's going on and how to get the skimmer to run drier?

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    that is because the vodka (carbon source) is causing the bacteria in your system to reproduce and the effect the skimmer. i think it should level out eventually, but i dont know for sure. you may send a pm to joshua and he has been thru vodka dosing on his tank.
    Ace
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    agree sounds like you threw the skimmer into overload. i had that problem when i added stuff to my old 65 gallon. the skimmer went nuts and pulled it out it took a bit but finally went back to normal after a few days
    90g mixed reef, 12g nano, 3 dogs, 3 cats, 2 ferrets.
    Driving the wife crazy.......PRICELESS.

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    so vodka is real? i thought that was a joke. what brand you using, i like Grey goose and belvadere

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    Quote Originally Posted by Agent Jones View Post
    so vodka is real? i thought that was a joke. what brand you using, i like Grey goose and belvadere

    belvadere is nasty it taste like rubbing alcohol ...... goose is were its at !!!



    i prefer orange and um yea im sure my fish tank would also

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gseclipse02 View Post
    belvadere is nasty it taste like rubbing alcohol ...... goose is were its at !!!



    i prefer orange and um yea im sure my fish tank would also
    I prefer the orange too!

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    Goose makes you loose
    REEF MAFIA
    "TEFLON DON"

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    yum cranberry juice ...

    i will not start drinking again
    i will not start drinking again
    i will not start drinking again
    i will not start drinking again
    i will not start drinking again
    i will not start drinking again
    i will not start drinking again
    i will not start drinking again lol

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    I say goose
    90g mixed reef, 12g nano, 3 dogs, 3 cats, 2 ferrets.
    Driving the wife crazy.......PRICELESS.

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    Hey, this is a thread about my SKIMMER, not my fermented potato preferences!

    "Stay on target..."
    Derry

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