Skimmer Help

eaglesatc · 03/02/2006, 02:09 PM

Just filled up my 75 gal tank and hook everything up. Don't have any rock or sand in yet, but wanted to check and make sure everything was working. I turned on my skimmer and it seems to be running. It isn't producing bubbles and foam like the one in the fish store is. Is there a problem? I have a coralife skimmer that is made for 125 gal.

davocean · 03/02/2006, 02:22 PM

Takes a few days to break in.
Did you just set your tank up?
Any fish yet?
You might not have anything to pull out yet

mckeec · 03/02/2006, 02:28 PM

Have you added the salt mix to your water. If not your skimmer will appear to not be working. Needs salt water to perform correctly.

eaglesatc · 03/02/2006, 02:52 PM

Yes I have added the salt water and the specific gravity is in a good range. When I turned it on it filled up with water up to the collection cup and the water is flowing over the top of the outlet box. Is this what it is suppose to do? There is a nob at the top of the skimmer that the instruction say to turn for wet run or dry run. The guy in the LFS told me to run it wet. I turned the nob so the water come about 3 inches up the tube inside the collection cup. Is this right?

eaglesatc · 03/02/2006, 02:53 PM

Oh... and yes it is a new setup. I haven't added anything yet. I wanted to make sure everything was working before I started curing my live rock. Right now I have a fuge, skimmer, heater, and three powerheads set up.

mckeec · 03/02/2006, 02:56 PM

Every skimmer is a bit unique. Keep woking with the adjustment until you are getting an inch or two of skim product in your collection cup each day. Your control and adjustment will get refined as you become more familiar with the unit. A new tank with no bio-load will not have a lot to skim out.

jimbo045 · 03/02/2006, 03:38 PM

You can wait abit, till you add the rocks and gravel, it may not show foam. JD

03/02/2006, 02:09 PM	#1
eaglesatc Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 38	Skimmer Help Just filled up my 75 gal tank and hook everything up. Don't have any rock or sand in yet, but wanted to check and make sure everything was working. I turned on my skimmer and it seems to be running. It isn't producing bubbles and foam like the one in the fish store is. Is there a problem? I have a coralife skimmer that is made for 125 gal.

03/02/2006, 02:22 PM	#2
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,655	Takes a few days to break in. Did you just set your tank up? Any fish yet? You might not have anything to pull out yet __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD

03/02/2006, 02:28 PM	#3
mckeec Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toms River, NJ Posts: 302	Have you added the salt mix to your water. If not your skimmer will appear to not be working. Needs salt water to perform correctly.

03/02/2006, 02:52 PM	#4
eaglesatc Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 38	Yes I have added the salt water and the specific gravity is in a good range. When I turned it on it filled up with water up to the collection cup and the water is flowing over the top of the outlet box. Is this what it is suppose to do? There is a nob at the top of the skimmer that the instruction say to turn for wet run or dry run. The guy in the LFS told me to run it wet. I turned the nob so the water come about 3 inches up the tube inside the collection cup. Is this right?

03/02/2006, 02:53 PM	#5
eaglesatc Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 38	Oh... and yes it is a new setup. I haven't added anything yet. I wanted to make sure everything was working before I started curing my live rock. Right now I have a fuge, skimmer, heater, and three powerheads set up.

03/02/2006, 02:56 PM	#6
mckeec Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toms River, NJ Posts: 302	Every skimmer is a bit unique. Keep woking with the adjustment until you are getting an inch or two of skim product in your collection cup each day. Your control and adjustment will get refined as you become more familiar with the unit. A new tank with no bio-load will not have a lot to skim out.

03/02/2006, 03:38 PM	#7
jimbo045 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aiea, HI. Posts: 1,788	You can wait abit, till you add the rocks and gravel, it may not show foam. JD