Buying Shrimp and Scallops from Grocery Store=Skimmer gone wild

[Drinkmorewater]

I bought some frozen shrimp and scallops today at the grocery store. I ground them up in my blender and then fed a few ounces. Fish seemed mildly happy but not as happy as when I feed mysis shrimp.

Then I looked at my skimmer and its going NUTS! I usually empty it once per week and have already emptied it twice today.

Anyone have experience with this? Why is the skimmer going crazy?

 

[wonderballz]

Do you rinse before feeding? I usually rinse my home made food before feeding and my skimmer seems ok

 

[richardhmc]

Yeah, do you wash it before feeding? Either way, you probably will get extra skimmage because of the human food. I feed shrimp to my tank and my bioload does increase.

 

[DEL]

i rinse mine in RO water and let it soak for about 10mins before blending..never had a skimmer act up..

 

[Mikei70]

I go fishing a lot during the year, and whenever I bring home some fish I put the blood and some meat aside to blend up for the tank. I have never had a problem doing this. This past year, a friend of mine gave me about ten pounds of tuna from a fish he caught. It was all cut up. I put the blood into the tank, and the skimmer went absolutely crazy for about three hours. It looked like a washing machine that someone put a whole box of detergent into.

If I had to guess, I think it had something to do with the fat content.

 

[UnknownWaters]

Mike I have the same problem with my home made but I dont use scallops I use.

Shrimp
Clams
Squid
Mussels
Garlic
Romiane lettuce

all washed very well and chopped up fine and I get crazy skimmate but I must say the garlic smell makes the skimmate smell a little more pleaseant to deal with LOL