Please Help

oli5 · 02/19/2007, 08:51 PM

Hi everyone, I'm setting up my Coralife Super Skimmer 125 and am having problems. I put it on the lowest setting, and bubbles go out of the cone and fill the cup in like 30 seconds. I set it on the highest setting, and it still fills up quickly with clean water. Can somebody please help me!!!! Thanks

oli5 · 02/19/2007, 08:56 PM

please someone

bertoni · 02/19/2007, 09:23 PM

How long has it been installed, and what, if anything, is being dosed into the tank or used to treat the water?

oli5 · 02/19/2007, 09:39 PM

Uhh, it's been installed for about 5 minutes, and all I dose in the tank is Prime.

McCrary · 02/19/2007, 09:42 PM

Do you use a chlorine remover? Often gel based chlorine removers can cause skimmers to overflow.

oli5 · 02/19/2007, 09:47 PM

ya I use prime chlorine/chloramine remover

McCrary · 02/19/2007, 09:49 PM

Stop using your chlorine remover and your skimmer will stop overflowing, you are going to have to use RO/DI water from here on out.

bertoni · 02/19/2007, 09:54 PM

The Prime might do that, and the skimmer needs a break-in period. I take it you're using tapwater? Hmm, well, you could try giving the skimmer some time.

02/19/2007, 08:51 PM	#1
oli5 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 369	Please Help Hi everyone, I'm setting up my Coralife Super Skimmer 125 and am having problems. I put it on the lowest setting, and bubbles go out of the cone and fill the cup in like 30 seconds. I set it on the highest setting, and it still fills up quickly with clean water. Can somebody please help me!!!! Thanks

02/19/2007, 08:56 PM	#2
oli5 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 369	please someone __________________ I think therefor I am Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 20g FW, 5g QT

02/19/2007, 09:23 PM	#3
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	How long has it been installed, and what, if anything, is being dosed into the tank or used to treat the water? __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

02/19/2007, 09:39 PM	#4
oli5 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 369	Uhh, it's been installed for about 5 minutes, and all I dose in the tank is Prime. __________________ I think therefor I am Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 20g FW, 5g QT

02/19/2007, 09:42 PM	#5
McCrary Can't Stop Time Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 3,079	Do you use a chlorine remover? Often gel based chlorine removers can cause skimmers to overflow. __________________ Matt Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC), Rudens

02/19/2007, 09:47 PM	#6
oli5 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 369	ya I use prime chlorine/chloramine remover __________________ I think therefor I am Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 20g FW, 5g QT

02/19/2007, 09:49 PM	#7
McCrary Can't Stop Time Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 3,079	Stop using your chlorine remover and your skimmer will stop overflowing, you are going to have to use RO/DI water from here on out. __________________ Matt Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC), Rudens

02/19/2007, 09:54 PM	#8
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	The Prime might do that, and the skimmer needs a break-in period. I take it you're using tapwater? Hmm, well, you could try giving the skimmer some time. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni