[Lord Mort]

Hi all.
I've had a 75g reef going for a year with a few misc problems.

The latest battle was with phosphates. So, per someones suggestion, I got a phos ban reactor and used ROWA phos in it.

Apparently, the pads that come with the reactor are not fine enough to stop a large portion of the rowaphos from entering the tank.

That shouldn't be a big deal BUT, my skimmer is now lined with a brown slime that is the same shade as the rowaphos.

It's pretty slick and I'm fairly certain that this is the cause for my skimmer to stop functioning.

It is an Aqua-C EV-120 and the air valve WAS adjusted to 40% closed to get the right foaming action. Now, it wont foam even with the air valve open all the way.

I guess my main question is, what the hell should I clean the skimmer with. They say not to use soap.

Also, how do I stop this from happening in the future.

TIA

~Mort