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Old 08-16-2007, 10:16 PM
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I moved my skimmer and cleaned the collection cup and now the thing just makes a excessive amount of foam 30 seconds later the cup is full of overflowing foam any ideas? this thing is such a pain to tune
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Old 08-16-2007, 11:19 PM
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What kind of skimmer?
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Old 08-17-2007, 12:11 AM
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not trying to steal your thread but i have a " diy " skimmer that all i can get is alot of thick white foam, shouldnt it be a darker brown foam? could I have my overflow to deep not skimming close enough to the surface?
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Old 08-17-2007, 08:27 AM
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no clue it came with the sump :T
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Old 08-17-2007, 08:33 AM
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Sounds like you need to readjust it since you moved it.
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Old 08-19-2007, 05:45 PM
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Ya your skim should be brown/green nasty smelling crapola lol
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Old 08-19-2007, 07:36 PM
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when the foam runs down andcollects its a green or dirty smelly brown
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Old 08-20-2007, 09:45 PM
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got it back to normal i hate this skimmer i will be uppgradeing the skimmer and makeing the sump bigger soon too
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Old 08-25-2007, 02:24 AM
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having same prob bought a skimmer and all I can get is alot of fast wet faomy bubbles which fills up collection cup fast. what did you do to correct it?
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Old 08-25-2007, 09:06 AM
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maby its silly but i left it run with no bubbles for 2 days then put some kinked the line then opend it all the way .. tuneing the output each time
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I know on my skimmer and many of them all you do is adjust the water flow on the output which in turn decides how much work the pump is doing as far as GPH...Also if your skimmer is new and your tank is not very established just give it a few days...Personally my skimmer (Coralife SS 220 Needlewheel) pulls about 1/4 of a gallon of horrid smelling waste out of my tank a week and it's just a 55 gallon tank...Good luck with skimming!!!
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Old 09-03-2007, 12:06 AM
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ok think its tuned in this is from 1 dayfrom my 29 gal


http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...2/HPIM0598.jpg
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here is a pic of the bottle that my skimmer collection cup drains into
looks to be doing a good job removing the poo

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