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Based on all of the discussion above - what made you think changing skimmer settings would reduce nutrients?

Perhaps you DO need just need a fancier skimmer ;)

My nitrates right now are holding steady at 7-9 and my phosphates pretty steady right around .07 I am no longer dosing LC or doing anything for phosphate control at all. I dose 15ml of vodka daily - though I don't think this has a big impact on nitrates in my case, my corals seem happier so...

@Alexander1312 My skimmer is in exactly 8" of water (mine is the 220, not the 200 - FYI. my system is also quite a bit larger though). My pump is set to "3" which is the middle setting. My water level is set to ~4.25 right now, which is a fairly dry setting. I am getting some super nasty gunk...

That fruity pebbles looks so good I should give you the mother colony to color up and return to me. Would be an interesting experiment. Edit - Also, fuck you!!

Also make sure you are doing this for the right reasons - skimming wet probably actually pulls out more stuff overall, it just does it much less efficiently since it's also pulling a lot more water. This just means your salinity is impacted more and you have to empty your cup more often which is...

Agree w/ @RandyC it still looks like the water is too high to me - that looks to be a pretty wet skim. See how it goes, but see the note I added above - dry gunky skim fills much slower and with bigger bubbles like Randy said. Set it even lower and then leave it alone for a couple days. Keep...

I actually don't put LC anymore as my Po4 is pretty low now, although I doubt that matters. Certainly our husbandry differs but there a lot of people out there who love their reef octo skimmers, all using a lot of different husbandry methods...perhaps your specific combination of actions impairs...

Did you get it used? Can you take a pic of the needle wheel? It's really common for the needle wheels to break down over time and they need replacing. This would definitely impact your foam production and really impair performance. Snails and junk get caught in them also. Have you taken a look...

I promise you do not need to invest in a Royal Exlusiv Skimmer to get dry, nasty skimmate. I promise. :)

The Nyos 120 is a great skimmer that a lot of people have success with (including myself - used to have one, skimmed great). I don't think you need to go looking for a new skimmer.

Aren't we using the exact same skimmer? I guarantee you that this skimmer will pull nasty gunky skimmate if tuned correctly. I assume our skimmers have the same options, body shape, and pump settings...no?

Any skimmer can pull dry skimmate - I suspect @Alexander1312 and @MichaelB that you are not adjusting your skimmers to skim this way if that is your goal. You are simply describing a wet skim. Skimmers all basically do the same thing, and what you are paying for with the “high” end skimmers are...

Huge thread on this in the guide I wrote that Alex linked above. I would read all that first!

I will take the 15g!

Awesome tank! Always so much stress over having enough live rock ....clearly not necessary!

Pelvic fin is all wrong jk

You wanna share your AB results? I put mine in my tank journal, and am about to send off another one.

Nay...the tank is really taking off right now, so I am going to leave things alone for the next year (lol). I am not sure if it's the traces, the carbon dosing, the lighting, or the antibiotics (I have made a lot of changes the last few months chasing that @RandyC color). But I am seeing better...

The skimmer or the audio stuff? The audio stuff caught my eye....