Bubbles from Return

[whodini6]

Ok so i have a 75 gallon with a 30 gallon sump and just had a quick question. My return pump seems to blow small bubble through into my dt and i just wnated to know if there is a way to stop this from happening.

 

[dawman]

Sounds like maybe an air leak on the pump unless you are creating bubbles in the sump .

 

[farslayer]

Put a sponge on the end of your return to catch the bubbles if you can.

 

[azaintcold]

Originally Posted by Farslayer
Put a sponge on the end of your return to catch the bubbles if you can.

agreed.

 

[whodini6]

Just any sponge that i can find or some special one?

 

[farslayer]

There are sponges made to go over the intakes of powerheads, real easy to find. I actually crafted something out of polyfilter

 

[whodini6]

Alright thanks for the advice on this i will be looking for a sponge to try and cut the bubbles out.

 

[carter3]

I also had that problem before and I don't have enought water in the sump. I called pro-clear and told me to fill up to the second level of bio-ball I did and it stop.

 

[whodini6]

Well my problem i think is that my sump is very cheaply done. i took my old 30 gallon tank and put my drain and return into it along with my protein skimmer and all this movement prolly produces the bubbles. i am going to try and get a sponge and see if that fixes the problem if not i will just buy a premade sump and switch over to that one.

 

[fish1031]

is the water level low?

 

[whodini6]

No the water level in the sump is actually at the top of the tank. i am just using this tank for now i have decided to buy a professionaly made sump instead of dealing with these headaches and besides i will use the 30 gallon for my QT. I will just have to figure out how i am going to have to change the old sump out and new one in.

 

[farslayer]

Wow, water level too high Bubbles aren't bad as long as they are baffled by a sponge or something. The bubbles aerate the water, but you don't want them getting into the tank of course. A sponge or anything like that between your return pump and tank should fix the problem.

 

[whodini6]

OK so if i get a sponge and then just make a seperator of some sort then i should be all set. i am thinking maybe get some plexi glass and just rig it in the tank to aviod this issue.

 

[farslayer]

The pexiglass itself may be enough, but otherwise yes, make a separator and put a sponge in there, will fix the problem and allow your water to aerate.

 

[whodini6]

Awesome thanks for all the help with this issue. One more question though. How do i deal with salt creep. it seems like i have alot of it and i ussualy just brush it back into the sump and clean the area up. is this ok?