Protein skimmer out of control since treating ich med

ronhjr · 12/14/2009, 07:01 PM

My Octopus skimmer is foaming out of control, since I hooked it back up after treating my aquarium for ich, using Hertana and Artimiss, for a week.

I am now running carbon, hoping to fix this problem.

Any solutions??

thank you

sedor · 12/14/2009, 07:05 PM

Its normal for a skimmer to act up with medication in the system. Dial it down so the water level drops to where the skimmer isn't overflowing anymore and just let it do its thing. Don't shut the skimmer off because its an important way to get air into the water and you could run into ph problems with it offline for a couple days.

wis_fishing_guy · 12/14/2009, 07:07 PM

Agree with sedor.

12/14/2009, 07:01 PM	#1
ronhjr Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Phila PA (Delaware county) Posts: 345	Protein skimmer out of control since treating ich med My Octopus skimmer is foaming out of control, since I hooked it back up after treating my aquarium for ich, using Hertana and Artimiss, for a week. I am now running carbon, hoping to fix this problem. Any solutions?? thank you

12/14/2009, 07:05 PM	#2
sedor Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 4,689	Its normal for a skimmer to act up with medication in the system. Dial it down so the water level drops to where the skimmer isn't overflowing anymore and just let it do its thing. Don't shut the skimmer off because its an important way to get air into the water and you could run into ph problems with it offline for a couple days. __________________ Ryan

12/14/2009, 07:07 PM	#3
wis_fishing_guy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 95	Agree with sedor.