Skimmer not skimming

Wilkerson.reed · 02/14/2016, 08:02 PM

Before I had a sump, I had an HOB skimmer. It's an Eshopps psk 75 hob skimmer. It worked great and pulled a ton of stuff out of my water... When I got a sump, I replaced the skimmer for a reef octopus. The reef octopus has been set up for several months now and hasn't pulled anything so I thought it was the skimmer. I thought well I can use my old hob skimmer. It has been set up for over a week now and hasn't done anything either. There is barely any foam in either of them. What is happening? Is there too low of a bioload? I have 2 clowns in a 36 gallon tank. I also read somewhere that if your water is too clean that your skimmer won't skim anything. Is that true? Is that what is happening?

Germanwerks · 02/14/2016, 08:30 PM

2 clowns isn't much of a load at all, the reason why your hob was working before is because you had die off from your rock and such when your tank was cycling. Now that it's cycled and your bioload is so minimal is why not to much of anything is happening in the skimmer. What skimmer are you running now?

Wilkerson.reed · 02/14/2016, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Germanwerks

2 clowns isn't much of a load at all, the reason why your hob was working before is because you had die off from your rock and such when your tank was cycling. Now that it's cycled and your bioload is so minimal is why not to much of anything is happening in the skimmer. What skimmer are you running now?

I am running both currently but I am about to take the hob off because it is taking up too much space. I am going to gradually increase my bioload. I plan on putting a McCosckers flasher wrasse, a skunk cleaner shrimp, a tuxedo urchin, a bubble tip anemone, and eventually some coral. Does coral affect the bioload?
I forgot to mention I also have 2 Nassarius snails and a green star polyp frag that I am trying to revive after it got buried in the sand.

Germanwerks · 02/14/2016, 09:54 PM

Again you really don't have much of a load increase your load and ull see a difference

02/14/2016, 08:02 PM	#1
Wilkerson.reed Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 90	Skimmer not skimming Before I had a sump, I had an HOB skimmer. It's an Eshopps psk 75 hob skimmer. It worked great and pulled a ton of stuff out of my water... When I got a sump, I replaced the skimmer for a reef octopus. The reef octopus has been set up for several months now and hasn't pulled anything so I thought it was the skimmer. I thought well I can use my old hob skimmer. It has been set up for over a week now and hasn't done anything either. There is barely any foam in either of them. What is happening? Is there too low of a bioload? I have 2 clowns in a 36 gallon tank. I also read somewhere that if your water is too clean that your skimmer won't skim anything. Is that true? Is that what is happening?

02/14/2016, 08:30 PM	#2
Germanwerks Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: San jacinto Posts: 133	2 clowns isn't much of a load at all, the reason why your hob was working before is because you had die off from your rock and such when your tank was cycling. Now that it's cycled and your bioload is so minimal is why not to much of anything is happening in the skimmer. What skimmer are you running now? __________________ leemar recessed euro braced 300 gal with 180gal sump, 4 lumenmax elite with 400w ushio 14k, 6105 tunze streams, maxspect gyre 150, hammerhead gold , Ati powercone 250 skimmer,vertex carx Current Tank Info: 300 gal , 180gal sump

02/14/2016, 09:54 PM	#4
Germanwerks Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: San jacinto Posts: 133	Again you really don't have much of a load increase your load and ull see a difference __________________ leemar recessed euro braced 300 gal with 180gal sump, 4 lumenmax elite with 400w ushio 14k, 6105 tunze streams, maxspect gyre 150, hammerhead gold , Ati powercone 250 skimmer,vertex carx Current Tank Info: 300 gal , 180gal sump