Protein skimmer - what SHOULD I be seeing in the waste cup?

On Nov 30, 11:15 am, "jthread" wrote:
George,
Thanks for setting my mind at ease. The water certainly tests as
clean, and for a 72 gallon tank my bioload is very small right now...8
snails, 6 hermits, ocellaris clown (sp), golden headed sleeper goby,
PJ cardinal, and a cleaner shrimp...so yeah, to respond to another
poster, there isn't much 'poop' in the tank. I've also done my best
not to overfeed, putting in only a tiny pinch of food twice a day.
Seems that just about everyhting I put in gets snapped up between the
clown, card, and shrimp.

Going this weekend to the LFS to add some more snails to help a bit
more with the algae situation, and potentially adding a hippo tang as
well (if they have any smaller ones...I know they get quite large, but
I'd like to start off with it a bit smaller...and according to the
LFS, its rare to find juvenile hippos this time of year).

Mitch

Are you poo pooing my "poop"? :-)

Was that the first skimmer you had on your tank?

Jim- Hide quoted text -

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Jim,

Not at all, I enjoyed the 'poop' reference.
Yes, this is my first skimmer...I've never needed one because I've
never done a reef tank prior to this one, so the technology is a bit
new to me...to the point hwere when my LFS pulled one out, I was
trying to figure out why he was selling me a bong to go with my tank.

Mitch