Promblem with skimmer! Please Help

[susiestank]

I have no idea whats wrong but my skimmer is pulling a crazy amount of water in and now im emptying a collection cup of clear water out ever 20 min. I had my skimmer up and running fine. Last week it was skimming normal , then all of a sudden today after a water change last night. It is producing a ton of bubbles and now no matter where the collection cup is it is skimming very very wet and its just clear water in my cup. It get full in about 15minutes. I have no idea whats wrong. I tried to look on the aqua c- remora page on aqua c's website but nothing. Please help , Im sick of emptying clear water every 15 minutes. This started when I all of a sudden had a crazy amount of bubbles. :help: :help: :help:

 

[susiestank]

I turned it off for now because it was just pulling water through and i couldnt keep emptying the water.

 

[susiestank]

From what I have read it sounds like I have too much air , how do I lower the amount of air.

 

[vtecbro007]

hav you added any chemicals?

 

[susiestank]

I put some into my water change water ( kent essental elements & calcium). Does adding addatives do this? and if so why and how do I fix it. I turned it off because i couldnt keep emptying it?

 

[reefnut]

I would say the essential elements made it go crazy. Turn it on this morning and see if it works again.
Remember to test the calcium level before adding any. You also need to test for and add alkalinity when testing and adding calcium. A balance of the two needs to be maintained.

 

[susiestank]

There is also now a crap load of bubbles. The bubbles were not there before when it was working right. I tried it on agian and its doing the same thing.
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