[slief]

Originally Posted by rivarola

Hi I have SM 200 been running for almost 24 hours and today in the morning I couldn’t see inside the collection cup there is a lot of condensation inside never seen this before I think I am doing something wrong, thanks for your help.

The condensation is likely the result of you having the skimmer running really wet. That said, it takes a week for the skimmer to fully break in and until that time, the foam head may not be fully settled. After only 24 hours, the skimmer is nowhere near broken in. If this is one with the RD3 pump, I would suggest running the pump between 28 and 32 watts. That is a general range for the sweet spot on that skimmer. Too high of a pump speed will result in less contact time and fast moving bubbles that burst at the surface and this too will result in a lot of water condensation in the cup. Use the pump speed to get the most dense foam you can which like I said should be between 28 and 32 watts Also set the line where bubbles turn to foam (break line as shown in the manual) to just below the collection cup while it breaks in. That will be the dry skim setting. Use the wedge pipe to fine tune between dry and wet. As you close the wedge pipe. the break line will rise up making for a wetter skim.

Also, if your tank is new and you don't have a decent fish load, don't expect much skimmate. You need dissolved organics to generate good consistent dark skimmate.