Help skimmer overflowing...

katfish50

katfish50

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I have a berlin skimmer in my 60 gal.. Every Weds. I shut it down for about two hours when I feed my corals. This morning lots of tiny bubbles and my skimmer cup was foaming over...It did this last week and I emptied cup and put back on no problem. This morning I emptied and replaced cup and it started to over flow in less than five minutes. I've check air hose...it's not cogged...please help.
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barracuda

barracuda

Active Member
I have the same skimmer but with more advanced ventury valve. This valve produces much more bubbles than the original one. I never had my skimmer in situation like yours.
What food do feed your corals?
 
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alti

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do you use stress coat? my skimmer went nuts when i used tapwater treated with stress coat for top offs or water changes.
 
katfish50

katfish50

Member
No it appears to be something related to my air intake hose...the more I play with it the slower the cup fills.
 
barracuda

barracuda

Active Member
first of all don't play a lot with air intake regulator. you need to adjust so, that the foam will be down when you look from the top. It takes time to skimmer to concentrate foam and only concentrated(green or black) foam should go out to the collection cup. Again after every adjustment you made to the air intake regulator just wait several hours. If you see white foam goes out to collection cup, close the air intake a bit.
 
worm

worm

Member
I don't have the Berlin skimmer you are referring to, but I do have a Prizm. Mine does the exact same thing when I add stress coat to my bi-monthly water change and also when i feed. I have a sump at the bottom of my tank and that is where my skimmer is located too. What I do is when feeding I turn the return pump off where there is no water moving to my sump. This way I can feed and the food stays in the main tank, my skimmer doesn't need adjusting because it is in the sump. When I feel that the food has been eaten and circulated throughout the main tank, I then turn the pump back on. My syphon box fills back up with water and everything is back to normal.
Just my experiences, HTH
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