WTH......Check This Skimmate

[jonboyb]

Cleaned one of the 28's well to transfer it to a buddy's house and left the skimmer going. That was yesterday and I thought I might need to empty it after the cleaning (this Deltec MCE-300 goes nuts after a tank cleaning) and pulled this out of the chamber. What the heck???

This is not Photoshopped and the flash killed the color. It's REALLY red.

 

[jennm]

Feed Cyclopeeze or anything with lots of beta carotene or astaxanthin in it?

Jenn

 

[jonboyb]

Tank has a clown, cleaner shrimp, and several other verts that are pefectly happy. Scrubbed alot of coraline so I guess it got skimmed out. A little freaky to pull something like that out though. All the residue looks green and normal though....weird.

 

[jonboyb]

JennM;440814 wrote: Feed Cyclopeeze or anything with lots of beta carotene or astaxanthin in it?

Jenn

Nope, only PE Mysis, squid, bloodworms, and spirulina. Same things I've fed it for a year. Minimal amounts too with only 1 fish.

 

[jennm]

Wow. Serious poop

 

[snowmansnow]

what does it smell like? is it cyano?

 

[jonboyb]

Actually a little less pungent than normal skimmate. No cyano.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

How much coraline did you scrape? When I clean the coraline off my pump, etc, it has a very orangish color to it.

 

[hackman72]

looks to me like someone was wanting to be a little generous and festive with the fishies on New Years...lol

 

[jonboyb]

jmaneyapanda;441010 wrote: How much coraline did you scrape? When I clean the coraline off my pump, etc, it has a very orangish color to it.

A good bit. I have been neglecting one side that isn't viewable but since it's going to another home I was giving it the royal treatment It was pretty covered in coraline for sure. I'd say about 50% had coraline on it and it's roughly an 18"x18" pane.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Thats the culprit. When I scrub my vortechs, my hands turn orange.

 

[johnr2604]

jmaneyapanda;441021 wrote: Thats the culprit. When I scrub my vortechs, my hands turn orange.

Yep, I get that also. Its like lumenescent looking flourescent orange.