Foam, why?

meemmoo

Member
I have some white bubbly foam around the top of my tank. I have the Aqua C Remora protein skimmer and thought it should take care of that. It worked great for a month and lately I have seen more bubbles around the top of my tank. I did my tests and everything looks fine. Any ideas?
 

snipe

Active Member
Either you dont have enough water flow on the surfice of the water or the skimmer is putting bubbles back into your tank.
 

meemmoo

Member
The skimmer does appear to be putting some bubbles into my tank. How do I stop it? I have alot of microbubbles.
 

snipe

Active Member
Put a peice of foam infront of the return into the main tank. Or turn the air flow down alittle.
 
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tizzo

Guest
I suppose you don't have a surface skimmer box, or prefilter I think they call it... If you don't, get one!! But in the mean time, have you cleaned your skimmer yet?? That little brush they gave you is supposed to clean that grey tube inside the skimmer. Take out the collection cup and you'll see what I mean. You'll see a plastic grey screw, remove it and stick the brush in there, that should get it to work like it did when you first got it anyway... Which pump do you have with it?? Maybe while you get the skimmer box you can add a mag 3 or a mag 5. Serious pressure. And if you do get that box, it will come with a sponge to block the bubbles like Snipe was talking about...
 
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