g3 going wild

rsxs1212 · 10/20/2006, 02:10 PM

all of the sudden today my asm g3 started going wild its just skimming out a ton of foam and the cup overflows within a minute.. a lot is also coming out of the riser tube i dont know what the deal is.. i put the riser tube all the way down and it fills up within a minute you acn imagine what happened when i had the riser tube up.. all parameters are in check and it is in about 10 inches of water...

help quick lol

MayoBoy · 10/20/2006, 02:30 PM

Did you recently put in Chemiclean or some other cyano fix it? Or, put some new frags in with epoxy?

rsxs1212 · 10/20/2006, 02:33 PM

i did the 2 part epoxy to attach some frags

any advice on what i can do to get it up again?? should i just wait or is there something i can do?

MayoBoy · 10/20/2006, 02:39 PM

Just leave it run. It should go away in a few hours. Clean the cup out, take the lid off and just let if flow over the sides.

Maximus · 10/20/2006, 03:10 PM

Yeah, epoxy will make any skimmer go wild! I'd just turn it off for a few hours.

rsxs1212 · 10/21/2006, 06:40 AM

i woke up this morning and tried the skimmer and its still doing it!!!i thought that over night would be plenty of time. any other advice on what it may be??? i just added refugim plants as well yesterday, could they do anything?? my paremeters are still perfect so im not to worried yet.. should i do a small waterchange or what? ? thanks in advance

rsxs1212 · 10/21/2006, 08:54 PM

its been over 24 hours and its still skimming like crazy any other suggestions im beginning to think there is another problem

Maximus · 10/21/2006, 09:58 PM

Nah, there isn't another problem. Epoxy will do that to your system. If you want, you could do a water change. If all the corals look fine, then you should be ok. I wouldn't worry about it.

rsxs1212 · 10/21/2006, 09:59 PM

yeah everything is fine. i did a 10% water change. i guess ill just try it every day until it works

rickh · 10/22/2006, 07:17 AM

When I use epoxy I hook the skimmer drain up to a larger external container to catch all the mess. I haven't had great luck with the epoxy. It holds--kind of. R

Roland Jacques · 10/22/2006, 07:27 AM

did you just put a poly filter in? sometimes it take a little longer to settle out depend on your water quality... if all criters look OK give it another 24- 48 hrs.

rsxs1212 · 10/22/2006, 06:48 PM

everything looks fine.. i added activated carbon 2 days before it started doing this so i doubt that had any affect

Fishbulb2 · 10/22/2006, 06:52 PM

just do large water changes and use activated carbon.
FB

Serioussnaps · 10/22/2006, 09:57 PM

thats why i let the glued frags sit separately out of tank in a bucket for a couple of hours before putting them back into the display

10/20/2006, 02:10 PM	#1
rsxs1212 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bradenton Posts: 1,148	g3 going wild all of the sudden today my asm g3 started going wild its just skimming out a ton of foam and the cup overflows within a minute.. a lot is also coming out of the riser tube i dont know what the deal is.. i put the riser tube all the way down and it fills up within a minute you acn imagine what happened when i had the riser tube up.. all parameters are in check and it is in about 10 inches of water... help quick lol __________________ 60% of the time it works every time Current Tank Info: 75g RR,asm g3, eheim 1250, 2 1200's one highflow maxistream mod (may do another or med flow.) , 30g sump,fuge, 4x54 T5 lighting SLR reflectors, RO/DI top off, 20L FOWLR, 10 g prop/sps dedicated

10/20/2006, 02:30 PM	#2
MayoBoy Movin' on Up Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Webster Groves, MO Posts: 2,282	Did you recently put in Chemiclean or some other cyano fix it? Or, put some new frags in with epoxy? __________________ Getting sucked back in slowly but surely. Current Tank Info: 27 gallon freshwater planted cube. Amazonian biotope

10/20/2006, 02:33 PM	#3
rsxs1212 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bradenton Posts: 1,148	i did the 2 part epoxy to attach some frags any advice on what i can do to get it up again?? should i just wait or is there something i can do? __________________ 60% of the time it works every time Current Tank Info: 75g RR,asm g3, eheim 1250, 2 1200's one highflow maxistream mod (may do another or med flow.) , 30g sump,fuge, 4x54 T5 lighting SLR reflectors, RO/DI top off, 20L FOWLR, 10 g prop/sps dedicated

10/20/2006, 02:39 PM	#4
MayoBoy Movin' on Up Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Webster Groves, MO Posts: 2,282	Just leave it run. It should go away in a few hours. Clean the cup out, take the lid off and just let if flow over the sides. __________________ Getting sucked back in slowly but surely. Current Tank Info: 27 gallon freshwater planted cube. Amazonian biotope

10/20/2006, 03:10 PM	#5
Maximus Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Monterey County Posts: 6,442	Yeah, epoxy will make any skimmer go wild! I'd just turn it off for a few hours. __________________ This space for rent... Current Tank Info: 36x36x16 A.G.E. tank. Lighting: ATI Straton. Circulation: 2x Vortech MP40wQd's. Skimmer: Red Sea 300. Controller: Neptune Apex. Doser: Neptune Dos.

10/21/2006, 06:40 AM	#6
rsxs1212 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bradenton Posts: 1,148	i woke up this morning and tried the skimmer and its still doing it!!!i thought that over night would be plenty of time. any other advice on what it may be??? i just added refugim plants as well yesterday, could they do anything?? my paremeters are still perfect so im not to worried yet.. should i do a small waterchange or what? ? thanks in advance __________________ 60% of the time it works every time Current Tank Info: 75g RR,asm g3, eheim 1250, 2 1200's one highflow maxistream mod (may do another or med flow.) , 30g sump,fuge, 4x54 T5 lighting SLR reflectors, RO/DI top off, 20L FOWLR, 10 g prop/sps dedicated

10/21/2006, 08:54 PM	#7
rsxs1212 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bradenton Posts: 1,148	its been over 24 hours and its still skimming like crazy any other suggestions im beginning to think there is another problem __________________ 60% of the time it works every time Current Tank Info: 75g RR,asm g3, eheim 1250, 2 1200's one highflow maxistream mod (may do another or med flow.) , 30g sump,fuge, 4x54 T5 lighting SLR reflectors, RO/DI top off, 20L FOWLR, 10 g prop/sps dedicated

10/21/2006, 09:58 PM	#8
Maximus Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Monterey County Posts: 6,442	Nah, there isn't another problem. Epoxy will do that to your system. If you want, you could do a water change. If all the corals look fine, then you should be ok. I wouldn't worry about it. __________________ This space for rent... Current Tank Info: 36x36x16 A.G.E. tank. Lighting: ATI Straton. Circulation: 2x Vortech MP40wQd's. Skimmer: Red Sea 300. Controller: Neptune Apex. Doser: Neptune Dos.

10/21/2006, 09:59 PM	#9
rsxs1212 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bradenton Posts: 1,148	yeah everything is fine. i did a 10% water change. i guess ill just try it every day until it works __________________ 60% of the time it works every time Current Tank Info: 75g RR,asm g3, eheim 1250, 2 1200's one highflow maxistream mod (may do another or med flow.) , 30g sump,fuge, 4x54 T5 lighting SLR reflectors, RO/DI top off, 20L FOWLR, 10 g prop/sps dedicated

10/22/2006, 07:17 AM	#10
rickh Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lost_in_Michigan Posts: 1,306	When I use epoxy I hook the skimmer drain up to a larger external container to catch all the mess. I haven't had great luck with the epoxy. It holds--kind of. R

10/22/2006, 07:27 AM	#11
Roland Jacques Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 2,848	did you just put a poly filter in? sometimes it take a little longer to settle out depend on your water quality... if all criters look OK give it another 24- 48 hrs. __________________ Roland

10/22/2006, 06:48 PM	#12
rsxs1212 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bradenton Posts: 1,148	everything looks fine.. i added activated carbon 2 days before it started doing this so i doubt that had any affect __________________ 60% of the time it works every time Current Tank Info: 75g RR,asm g3, eheim 1250, 2 1200's one highflow maxistream mod (may do another or med flow.) , 30g sump,fuge, 4x54 T5 lighting SLR reflectors, RO/DI top off, 20L FOWLR, 10 g prop/sps dedicated

10/22/2006, 06:52 PM	#13
Fishbulb2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,807	just do large water changes and use activated carbon. FB __________________ Just getting back in, but trying to do it right! Current Tank Info: 40 gallon tank. SPS, LPS, few softies

10/22/2006, 09:57 PM	#14
Serioussnaps Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,703	thats why i let the glued frags sit separately out of tank in a bucket for a couple of hours before putting them back into the display