Is anyone here familiar enough with venturi skimmers to know ....

Seasalt Dreams · 12-03-2007, 10:03 PM

If this is normal?

There is water blasting out where the venturi attachment connects to the skimmer, indicated by the red arrow. Is water supposed to be blasting from here, or only from the bottom?

sasquatch · 12-03-2007, 10:41 PM

bottom only mate! bad connection, crack, o ring something like that, it probably wont change performance much but some pressure is being lost.Steve

Seasalt Dreams · 12-03-2007, 10:46 PM

Thanks! ... I knew something didnt look right.

This unit keeps overflowing and this is the only problem I can find. I just fired it up for the first time and the manual said to set the bubbles .5" up the cone in the collection cup, but when I do that, 15 mins later its at the top, then it just overflows, I turn it down, it does it again. Do you think this could be why?

sasquatch · 12-03-2007, 11:18 PM

maybe? more likely you have your hands in the tank too much, you set the skimmer low, leave it be for 24 hours (unless its flooding) then slowly creep the water level up, every time you feed or put your hands in the tank the water changes making wetter bubbles, as the contaminants you've added get removed the bubbles dry out and rise causing the flood.

12-03-2007, 10:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Seasalt Dreams Midas Blenny Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 99 View Gallery Karma Komment	Is anyone here familiar enough with venturi skimmers to know .... If this is normal? There is water blasting out where the venturi attachment connects to the skimmer, indicated by the red arrow. Is water supposed to be blasting from here, or only from the bottom? __________________ 75 gallon reeftank w/30 gallon sump, 10 gallon topoff, 20 gallon saltwater mix tank and a 5g QT. 5 MJ1200s, 1 MAG 9.5 Return, 4X48" HO T5s. Tank is on a 400w backup powersupply and the topoff tank is fed by a RO/DI unit.

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sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,981 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Is anyone here familiar enough with venturi skimmers to know .... bottom only mate! bad connection, crack, o ring something like that, it probably wont change performance much but some pressure is being lost.Steve

12-03-2007, 10:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Seasalt Dreams Midas Blenny Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 99 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Is anyone here familiar enough with venturi skimmers to know .... Thanks! ... I knew something didnt look right. This unit keeps overflowing and this is the only problem I can find. I just fired it up for the first time and the manual said to set the bubbles .5" up the cone in the collection cup, but when I do that, 15 mins later its at the top, then it just overflows, I turn it down, it does it again. Do you think this could be why? __________________ 75 gallon reeftank w/30 gallon sump, 10 gallon topoff, 20 gallon saltwater mix tank and a 5g QT. 5 MJ1200s, 1 MAG 9.5 Return, 4X48" HO T5s. Tank is on a 400w backup powersupply and the topoff tank is fed by a RO/DI unit.

12-03-2007, 11:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,981 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Is anyone here familiar enough with venturi skimmers to know .... maybe? more likely you have your hands in the tank too much, you set the skimmer low, leave it be for 24 hours (unless its flooding) then slowly creep the water level up, every time you feed or put your hands in the tank the water changes making wetter bubbles, as the contaminants you've added get removed the bubbles dry out and rise causing the flood.

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