Is this how my skimmer should look?

[RichardPryor]

It's been 3 days since I started using it. Not sure if I'm doing things right since this is my first skimmer.

[Runfrumu]

looks fine. you look to have it set about right to wet skim.

[RichardPryor]

Thanks. Is wet skim better than dry skim?

[USC-fan]

Is that all the skimmate you got in 3 days?

[RichardPryor]

yeah. I thought I was gonna get a lot more. Tank was filthy and it's just a 29g.

[reefturkey]

If the color of your skimmate is really light then you are probably skimming too wet meaning you are mainly collecting foam that breaks into water. If you can pull out dark and smelly stuff then you are skimming on the dry side meaning you are pulling organic waste from the water.
What do you have in your tank? What kind of skimmer is that?
This is about 3 days worth of skimmate from my 28g nanocube:

[RichardPryor]

It's an Octopus Xtreme 150. I have a clown and a Yellow Tang and an anemone.

How should I do a drier skimming.

[dc_909]

Adjust the flow/height of the water in the skimmer

[kdblove_99]

If the skimmer is brand new then i would assume it is still breaking in. So in a few weeks you should get some nice skim.

Did you wash skimmer before you set it up. I wash mine in vinegar before i set up a new skimmer to get all the oils out

[luke33]

Exactly kdblove, 3 days, it looks pretty good. Give it another week or so and then repost.

[RichardPryor]

OK. I'll give it more time.

I did rinse it vinegar then soaked in water before putting in the tank.

[luke33]

My octo's been runnin for two days now and its about in the same boat, so no worries man.

[kau_cinta_ku]

i agree, give it a few days to finish slimiming up and you should see good results.

ps. I hope your gonna upgrade to a bigger tank very soon for that tang. for a yellow tank a 75 gal. min is recommended

[RichardPryor]

Yes, he's pretty crazy recently. Needs to swim.

[kdblove_99]

looks like the Tang police are out

[peter1215]

Originally posted by RichardPryor
It's an Octopus Xtreme 150. I have a clown and a Yellow Tang and an anemone.

How should I do a drier skimming.

Im thinking of buying an Octo extreme 200 for my 210g tank. how do you like your skimmer so far? is it true that the extreme ocoto's are also recirculating ?

[carlso63]

Originally posted by luke33
My octo's been runnin for two days now and its about in the same boat, so no worries man.

Not only that, but he's only got 2 fish and an anenome in the tank so his bioload is probably pretty light...