turbolfotor Skimmer

[niteshift]

I just got my knew turboflotor hang-on skimmer about 2 weeks ago. When we first hooked it up there were some bubbles but, they went away after a few hours. Then about 5 days ago i rearranged the position of the skimmer and shortened the hose that goes from the power head to skimmer and now i have bubbles up the ying-yang and they wont go away. any suggestions on what i can do to get rid of the bubbles????
Any help would be greatly appreciated
TIA
Chelle

 

[jimi]

When you say bubbles do you mean bubbles being blown back into the tank? What type and size pump do you have hooked up to it? Do you have a sump?

 

[niteshift]

Thanks for taking the time to answer me.....When I bought it, it came with an aqua bee pump I don't know the size. We unfortunately don't have a sump yet. there are quite a few bubbles being blown back into the tank. Any suggestions??

 

[broomer5]

nightshift,
you mentioned rearranging the postition of the skimmer and shortening the hose. I would imagine you have tried placing it back in the original position and adding a new piece of hose of original length. I had similar problems with my hang on the back skimmer, and eventually went with the sump/overflow/wetdry system, hung the skimmer on side of sump, and was able to add an extension hose on discharge of skimmer deep into sump, and put that hose in a tall glass. Any bubbles now flow into the glass and up to air surface, pop and no more problem. I had read an old post someone had on here and it worked very well.
Brian

 

[bobsingh1]

If you don't have a sump, you can try tying a some sponge in a way that the water flows thru it to the tank. It will take care of a lot of bubbles. I use this method.

 

[niteshift]

Thank you guys so much for the replies.
Chelle