Dry vs Wet Skimming

[helitaiwan963]

Hey guys,

I was wondering the pro's and con's about dry vs wet skimming. I think i had my ASM g3 setup pretty wet before as it was getting skimmate pretty **** fast. I lowered the outlet tube to lower the water level about 5mm and now it looks much drier. I see more bubbles running down the collection cup, vs just the watery skimmate collecting in the cup.

Here's how it was set to before:

I just reset the skimmer today, so not much skimmate yet. But it's basically that bubble just kinda slowly running down the collection cup.

I was wondering if it was better to do one or the other.

Thanks
Eric

 

[SkullV]

They will both skim approximately the same amount of organic matter. With wet skimming you are just getting more water too. I used to skim very dry, but now skim a little wetter because the Swabbie needs some water for lubrication.

 

[helitaiwan963]

Ahh, that explains why i've been having to top off a bit more often after i started using the asm.

hmm... as long as it's skimming the same, i think i'll set it at a happy medium and leave it at that.

Thanks!
Eric