Skimmer Problem

[chrisareston]

Question!
Suday I put in some Red Slime Remover , the slime is still there a little bit, but everything is doing great, my Water Leverls, fish, and the anemone is doing very well! The problem is it has almost been a week and my protien skimmer still just fills up with water very fast, berfore putting in the slime algae remover it never did this, what should I do? I have had it off for the week put need to turn it back on. DO I need to recalubrate it it or something? Please help!

 

[buzz]

Your protein skimmer will remove additives from the water. So when you add the red slime remover, the collection cup will fill up faster.

 

[saltyrich]

What kind of skimmer is it?

 

[chrisareston]

It was working great, now its filling up! How do I make it stop? Even though I added the aditives almost a week ago? Should I just let it fill up and keep emptying it until it stops? It feels up about every 30 minutes.

 

[saltyrich]

What kind of skimmer is it?

 

[simm]

You need to turn your skimmer off and probably keep it off for about 3-4 days. This will do this with smikkers when you add any kind of additive. As Salty said what kind of skimmer?

 

[saltywashington]

Lets see if this helps.
WHAT TYPE OF SKIMMER IS IT??????????

 

[chrisareston]

Some cheap 40 sealife skimmer, worked great though until I added this.

 

[shanahjm]

1.)As instructed, turn off skimmer for at least a week.
2.) Then check that all traces of red slime are gone.
3.) If OK, do a water change(week after adding red slime remover).
4.) Turn skimmer back on at a low setting and watch it.
5.) Slowly set the skimmer back to original setting.
I had the same experience. Take your time and go slow.