help skimmer bubbling too much

djcool563 · 03/22/2006, 05:32 PM

Hello i just got a DIY downdraft skimmer and it is making to much bubbles. It started foaming withing 2 minutes and is making just white foam constantly. What can i do?

wetWolger · 03/22/2006, 05:34 PM

well you can install a needle valve to control the air flow....but my guess is you have a high waste count in your water and your skimmer is freaking out trying to remove it. If this is the case I would let it just remove the waste and it should start calming down in a few days.

djcool563 · 03/22/2006, 05:36 PM

Its a downdraft skimmer it makes bubbles no matter what doesn it? When the water is forced thro the bioballs. Anyone else

exacta123 · 03/22/2006, 05:59 PM

it should stop producing micro bubbles after running it for awhile it sounds like it is skimming a lot of waste?

djcool563 · 03/22/2006, 06:10 PM

I dont think it is waste because its producing pretty clear whater when it settles and the foam is just white not brown at all

03/22/2006, 05:32 PM	#1
djcool563 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NE OHIO Posts: 1,233	help skimmer bubbling too much Hello i just got a DIY downdraft skimmer and it is making to much bubbles. It started foaming withing 2 minutes and is making just white foam constantly. What can i do? __________________ " A man truly at peace with himself has the potential to do something, but the ablility not to" "Think not why the sky is blue but instead think that the sky is blue for a reason" Some of my quotes Current Tank Info: 55g with 250w MH 14k bulb with 2 110w VHOs

03/22/2006, 05:34 PM	#2
wetWolger Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,955	well you can install a needle valve to control the air flow....but my guess is you have a high waste count in your water and your skimmer is freaking out trying to remove it. If this is the case I would let it just remove the waste and it should start calming down in a few days. __________________ cheers, jent d-_-b Current Tank Info: 66gal = 32x24x20

03/22/2006, 05:36 PM	#3
djcool563 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NE OHIO Posts: 1,233	Its a downdraft skimmer it makes bubbles no matter what doesn it? When the water is forced thro the bioballs. Anyone else __________________ " A man truly at peace with himself has the potential to do something, but the ablility not to" "Think not why the sky is blue but instead think that the sky is blue for a reason" Some of my quotes Current Tank Info: 55g with 250w MH 14k bulb with 2 110w VHOs

03/22/2006, 06:10 PM	#5
djcool563 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NE OHIO Posts: 1,233	I dont think it is waste because its producing pretty clear whater when it settles and the foam is just white not brown at all __________________ " A man truly at peace with himself has the potential to do something, but the ablility not to" "Think not why the sky is blue but instead think that the sky is blue for a reason" Some of my quotes Current Tank Info: 55g with 250w MH 14k bulb with 2 110w VHOs

03/22/2006, 05:59 PM	#4
exacta123 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 352	it should stop producing micro bubbles after running it for awhile it sounds like it is skimming a lot of waste?