Emergency!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cartman101]

Skimmer all of a sudden is drawing out water from the tank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do i do????? It has allready been clean and it was working just fine now its pulling out water!!!! I added some stress coat into the tank to calm my lionfish down, is that whats makin the skimmer work wrong???

 

[cartman101]

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its over floain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Carpet all wet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cartman101]

I hate skimmers............

The world would be a better place with out them

 

[cartman101]

its slowin down just a lil bit, but its still doing it

 

[ams153]

ummmm if its overflowin id unplug it!

 

[cartman101]

ok its not slowing down its back to the beginging what it was doing before. I do unplug it and empty the water back into the tank and then plug it in and keep repeating the process

 

[cartman101]

SHOULD I UNPLUG IT FOR THE NIGHT AND TRY TOMMOROW!????? i HOPE MY LION DONT DIE BECUASE THE SKIMMER ISN'T PULLING OUT JUNK!!

 

[rberhow]

It is definitely the stress coat. It will make your skimmer go mad. THankfully its not at bedtime. If it isn't settled down by then, you will need to shut it off.
If your able, try adjusting your skimmer so the water line is lower and that will slow the skimmer down. Not sure what kind you have, so not sure this will work. BTW, whats up with your lion???

 

[cartman101]

OH so when will it calm down????

 

[cartman101]

if i turn it off tonight, will it still go mad tommorow???

 

[rberhow]

Ours took a couple of hours, just depending on how much stress coat you added. Its the aloe vera oil in it from what I understand.

 

[rberhow]

Originally Posted by Cartman101
if i turn it off tonight, will it still go mad tommorow???
Yes, you will still need to be there to watch it when you turn it back on. Best to let it run its course if you can

 

[cartman101]

yeah theres aloe vera in it. So should i unplug it? Or should i keep letting it run while unplugging in and dumping the water back into the aquarium?

 

[cartman101]

Originally Posted by rberhow
Yes, you will still need to be there to watch it when you turn it back on. Best to let it run its course if you can
while unplugging it and emptying the water?

 

[rberhow]

Dumping the water back into the aquarium, is only replacing the stress coat back into the water and there again, the skimmer is going to go crazy pulling it out. You'll need to flush it instead and if your able to stick around and keep an eye on it, I would let it run so it can work it out of the system.

 

[cartman101]

ok so should i just add fresh water to the aquarium then?

 

[rberhow]

No, the skimmer is removing salt water so you will need to replace it with salt water. I would get some mixing if you can so you can add it in tomorrow. Your water level will probably be low up until that point but it shouldn't be much. Replacing with fresh will reduce your salinity.

 

[cartman101]

i dont think the salinity will be bothered

Its at 1.025. Plus i dont have anymore salt

used the last of it for the water change

 

[cartman101]

i'm going to be going out to dinner so i should turn it off right

 

[space_geek]

I certainly would!