breaking in a skimmer

Shane52 · 03/16/2014, 06:22 PM

breaking in my aqua c nano HOB skimmer but the bubble wont produce skim or even reach the top. is this considered breaking in?

Fish_King_25 · 03/16/2014, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Shane52

breaking in my aqua c nano HOB skimmer but the bubble wont produce skim or even reach the top. is this considered breaking in?

Skimmers can take a week or two to really start producing skim..give it some time

moe458 · 03/16/2014, 07:09 PM

mine started doing that 4-5th day or so SRO 3000XT

Fish_King_25 · 03/16/2014, 08:10 PM

Mine took about 7-10 days I believe

jerrcarlson · 03/17/2014, 08:02 PM

Forgive my ignorance, I have often heard that skimmers take time to break in. What would cause it to take time to break in? I have 4 tanks and have never bought a brand new skimmer so I haven't had that experience. I just plug them in and they go :-)

d2mini · 03/17/2014, 08:16 PM

It's just the process of the oils and stuff from the manufacturing process wearing off and the biofilms accumulating on the skimmer. These oils keep the bubbles from forming. You will usually notice the same thing if you do a deep cleaning. But a week or more seems crazy. My LifeReef started skimming into the cup in a matter of 12 hours. By 24 it was skimming like a champ. Is the long break in time a result of these needle wheel skimmers?

DasCamel · 03/17/2014, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by d2mini

It's just the process of the oils and stuff from the manufacturing process wearing off and the biofilms accumulating on the skimmer. These oils keep the bubbles from forming. You will usually notice the same thing if you do a deep cleaning. But a week or more seems crazy. My LifeReef started skimming into the cup in a matter of 12 hours. By 24 it was skimming like a champ. Is the long break in time a result of these needle wheel skimmers?

A week does seem long, just need enough time for a biofilm coating to form. Unless your water is super clean to start, shouldn't take more than a few days. Even after a full breakdown and clean it only took a couple days to skim, in fact cleaning it helped form a more stable foam head.

03/16/2014, 06:22 PM	#1
Shane52 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 71	breaking in a skimmer breaking in my aqua c nano HOB skimmer but the bubble wont produce skim or even reach the top. is this considered breaking in?

03/16/2014, 08:10 PM	#4
Fish_King_25 Reef Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 826	Mine took about 7-10 days I believe __________________ ~Kenny~ 29g mixed reef lps, sps, and softies, 10g sump/fuge, cadlights pls-100 skimmer, LifeReef overflow with Mag 7 return pump, Tunze ATO, 2 Koralias, 4x24w T5HO ATIs w/ moonlight LEDs Current Tank Info: Green Chromis, Yellow Clown Goby, Green Mandarin, Diamond Goby, Percula Clown, and CUC

03/17/2014, 08:16 PM	#6
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	It's just the process of the oils and stuff from the manufacturing process wearing off and the biofilms accumulating on the skimmer. These oils keep the bubbles from forming. You will usually notice the same thing if you do a deep cleaning. But a week or more seems crazy. My LifeReef started skimming into the cup in a matter of 12 hours. By 24 it was skimming like a champ. Is the long break in time a result of these needle wheel skimmers? __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

03/16/2014, 07:09 PM	#3
moe458 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 312	mine started doing that 4-5th day or so SRO 3000XT

03/17/2014, 08:02 PM	#5
jerrcarlson Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 76	Forgive my ignorance, I have often heard that skimmers take time to break in. What would cause it to take time to break in? I have 4 tanks and have never bought a brand new skimmer so I haven't had that experience. I just plug them in and they go :-)