2ManyHobbies
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Hi Everyone,
I'm new to the Forum and to saltwater aquariums. If anyone can give any advice for my skimmer problems I'd really appreciate it. I'm new this so don't be surprised if I ask elementary questions.
Background:
Tanks been up about 3 months. I have 2 clowns, 1 goby, and 1 flame angel. There is also about 40lbs of live rock that was introduced from the beginning.
Problem:
The protein skimmer is over-skimming (I think that's the term the LFS used). When I turn on the skimmer foam shoots up quickly into the collection cup. The cup fills quickly with clear water and eventually overflows. The pumps then begin to shoot out tons of bubbles into the tank.
This issue orginally started a couple of weeks ago. I've recently turned off the skimmer (based on LFS advice) for 7 days because I was medicating the fish. Unfortunately the problem started immediately upon turning the skimmer back on. I've played around with the air valve, closing it and opening it completely, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on how quickly the collection cup fills.
The LFS said that this is normal and the skimmer is just over-skimming and that it would eventually stop. It's been doing this for a day now so I'm getting worried that this may not be normal.
Am I being paranoid about the skimmer and bubbles? Is there something I can do to fix the issue?
Thanks everyone. My apologies if there's another thread out there that's already addressed this issue.
I'm new to the Forum and to saltwater aquariums. If anyone can give any advice for my skimmer problems I'd really appreciate it. I'm new this so don't be surprised if I ask elementary questions.
Background:
Tanks been up about 3 months. I have 2 clowns, 1 goby, and 1 flame angel. There is also about 40lbs of live rock that was introduced from the beginning.
Problem:
The protein skimmer is over-skimming (I think that's the term the LFS used). When I turn on the skimmer foam shoots up quickly into the collection cup. The cup fills quickly with clear water and eventually overflows. The pumps then begin to shoot out tons of bubbles into the tank.
This issue orginally started a couple of weeks ago. I've recently turned off the skimmer (based on LFS advice) for 7 days because I was medicating the fish. Unfortunately the problem started immediately upon turning the skimmer back on. I've played around with the air valve, closing it and opening it completely, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on how quickly the collection cup fills.
The LFS said that this is normal and the skimmer is just over-skimming and that it would eventually stop. It's been doing this for a day now so I'm getting worried that this may not be normal.
Am I being paranoid about the skimmer and bubbles? Is there something I can do to fix the issue?
Thanks everyone. My apologies if there's another thread out there that's already addressed this issue.