Bubbles from skimmer going into display

Shobloth · 09/28/2014, 10:46 PM

One of my tanks is an innovative 30 with the nano skimmer in it. I just set it up 2 weeks ago and it has 1 angler fish in it. Upon setting up the IM aqua gadget skimmer tons of bubbles started going into the display. We've put lots of filter floss around it to try and dissipate it but to no avail. Help pls!

E46Twist · 09/28/2014, 11:48 PM

first of all 2 weeks is way to short to be putting a fish in any tank unless you used something like Dr. Tims One and Only and followed its instructions to a T. Furthermore depending on your variety of angler, 30 gallons may to be small long run. Now to answer your question, all skimmers are different and i do not have experience with your but you should have valves that let you adjust the amount of air and water entering the reaction chamber, if so adjust these valves until you have the desired reaction(try less water flow.) also they can sometimes need to settle in before they will stop spewing bubbles out, and in some cases the skimmer may just be poorly designed and release bubbles no matter what. Most of us run skimmers in sumps under our tanks and have baffling that not only controls water level but also forces bubbles to rise to the top of the water and be released.

09/28/2014, 10:46 PM	#1
Shobloth Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 170	Bubbles from skimmer going into display One of my tanks is an innovative 30 with the nano skimmer in it. I just set it up 2 weeks ago and it has 1 angler fish in it. Upon setting up the IM aqua gadget skimmer tons of bubbles started going into the display. We've put lots of filter floss around it to try and dissipate it but to no avail. Help pls!

09/28/2014, 11:48 PM	#2
E46Twist Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Columbia,MO Posts: 328	first of all 2 weeks is way to short to be putting a fish in any tank unless you used something like Dr. Tims One and Only and followed its instructions to a T. Furthermore depending on your variety of angler, 30 gallons may to be small long run. Now to answer your question, all skimmers are different and i do not have experience with your but you should have valves that let you adjust the amount of air and water entering the reaction chamber, if so adjust these valves until you have the desired reaction(try less water flow.) also they can sometimes need to settle in before they will stop spewing bubbles out, and in some cases the skimmer may just be poorly designed and release bubbles no matter what. Most of us run skimmers in sumps under our tanks and have baffling that not only controls water level but also forces bubbles to rise to the top of the water and be released.