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Old 12-25-2006, 11:16 AM   #10 (permalink)
cheeks69
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Re: Milky film on top of water

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Originally Posted by Ken
Thanks everyone, I have a skimmer in the sump. with an overflow up top. I'm kind of new to all this and this may be dumb but is a suface skimmer the same? I have used a peice of filter materal in a net to get rid of some of it but would like to fix what is causing it, this isn't the first time it has gotten this bad. You may remember the other day I was the one with Bad Problem thread with the nitrates through the roof at 160+.

Which skimmer are you using ? How close is the powerheads to the surface ? What is the size of the tank ? How many fish do you have ? How often are you feeding ?

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I have made several water changes in the last few days, probably more than I should, but the nitrate doesn't seem to have moved from the 160
Which test kit are you using ? How large have been the water changes ? You say you've made more W/C's than you should've, did you match temp., salt mix and SG ? If so then there shouldn't be a problem as large W/C's are what's necessary to bring these down short term.
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