Tim,
Sounds like you might be overdosing on additives, this could cause the
skimmer to do as you described. Without seeing your tank, I would guess
it's lightly loaded. In my experience, you need to watch the tank rather
then follow the directions on the additive bottle. In many cases, you may
not need to add trace elements at all, especially in a tank with a light
load.
Do the big water changes, and watch the tank. Keep up the calcium
additions, (assuming you have corals and inverts requiring calcium) but back
way off on the other additives. See how things go for a couple months, then
decide if additives are necessary by the appearence of the tank. In many
cases, water changes alone will add sufficient trace elements, assuming you
use a good salt mix made for reefs.
Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 12:49 PM
Subject: RE: Rons skimmer
> Doug,
>
> I generally dose 1 gallon of kalkwasser every night. I use C-Balance
every
> few days, and occassionally use ReefPlus and/or Reef Complete.
>
> I have alot of additives (Seachem & Thiel). I've been mixing and matching
> them as I see fit. I was attempting to use only Thiel products for some
> time (KSM, VG, Iodine and KH), however, they were not producing desireable
> results. So, I went back to what was previously on my shelf: Seachem
> stuff.
>
> The only thing the VG and KSM seemed to do is produce algae and make my
> corals close. I don't understand it. Everyone else seems to have
terrific
> results, but my tank does not reflect it.
>
> I was planning on doing a few large water changes to hopefully "clean" out
> my system, and then start over with a new additive regimine. Any comments
> or criticisms welcome.
>
> Tim
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doug
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 12:16 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Rons skimmer
> >
> >
> > Tim,
> > What are you adding to the tank (additives, food, etc.), and what
> > water are
> > you using?? This sounds like the skimmer is doing it's job, but you are
> > adding something that makes it produce large volumes of foam.
> > I've seen this
> > happen when clorine removers and similar chemicals are added.
> > DOug
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tim Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 10:59 AM
> > Subject: RE: Rons skimmer
> >
> >
> >
>
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