what's the most skimmate your skimmer produced when it went nuts?

Jamie1210 · 03/12/2007, 08:56 PM

as the subject said, how much skimmate did your skimmer produce when it went crazy? (ie. when you dosed, etc)

Right now, my corallife super skimmer has gone through 2 gallons already on my 20 gallon tank because I fed some raw shrimp that must've gone uneaten .... man i'm so sick of unplugging it and dumping the collection cup water!

I tried adding some freshly made water, but nope, did not work at all. I know it should go down on its own eventually, but this is ridiculous!

Andrew · 03/12/2007, 09:01 PM

I adjust the water level when I dose to prevent overflowing or really wet skimming.

Jamie1210 · 03/12/2007, 09:06 PM

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I adjust the water level when I dose to prevent overflowing or really wet skimming.

Yup, already done that and it's still going crazy ...

Timmy44221 · 03/13/2007, 09:54 AM

Umm you sure there is nothging else going on. (something on the skimmer clogged?)

I know I accidently used a dechlorinator in my SW tank and my CSS went nuts, but amquell plus give it no trouble.

cristhiam · 03/13/2007, 10:08 AM

maybe the air line is clogged, it happens to mee too when I feed my home made food, I just dial back a little.

savethereef · 03/13/2007, 10:09 AM

yeah my 100g i went through maybe close to 5g one time i added a cube of brine and it did that for no reason?

grneyes3x · 03/13/2007, 10:56 AM

My deltec went crazy like that when I added expoxy putty when I was aquascaping. Wont do that again

03/12/2007, 08:56 PM	#1
Jamie1210 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alhambra, CA Posts: 1,733	what's the most skimmate your skimmer produced when it went nuts? as the subject said, how much skimmate did your skimmer produce when it went crazy? (ie. when you dosed, etc) Right now, my corallife super skimmer has gone through 2 gallons already on my 20 gallon tank because I fed some raw shrimp that must've gone uneaten .... man i'm so sick of unplugging it and dumping the collection cup water! I tried adding some freshly made water, but nope, did not work at all. I know it should go down on its own eventually, but this is ridiculous!

03/13/2007, 10:08 AM	#5
cristhiam Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Groveland, FL Posts: 3,099	maybe the air line is clogged, it happens to mee too when I feed my home made food, I just dial back a little. __________________ 2 yellows tail damsels, yellow watchman goby, tail spot blennie, purple pseudocromis, starry blennie, 2 clowns, 1 black clown, mandarine & Yellow tang Current Tank Info: 125 AGA, 3 40W 6500K, 3 110W URI Actinics, running on 2 IceCaps 660, CSS125

03/13/2007, 10:09 AM	#6
savethereef SCRK Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bellflower 90706 CA (So Cal) Posts: 7,720	yeah my 100g i went through maybe close to 5g one time i added a cube of brine and it did that for no reason? __________________ Instead of building a reef in my home i would rather build my home in the reef. Rob aka STR SCRK & SCMAS MEMBER Current Tank Info: Leemar 450g 96L x36W x 30T 3/4 inch Starfire With 70g Sump Vertex 250 Royal Exclusive protein Skimmer Laguna 2900 Return pump 5 Aquaillumination Hydra's LED Modules. 4 Tunze Stream Bubble Magus Doser. Reef Keeper Elite

03/12/2007, 09:01 PM	#2
Andrew Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 13,640	I adjust the water level when I dose to prevent overflowing or really wet skimming.

03/13/2007, 09:54 AM	#4
Timmy44221 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 88	Umm you sure there is nothging else going on. (something on the skimmer clogged?) I know I accidently used a dechlorinator in my SW tank and my CSS went nuts, but amquell plus give it no trouble.

03/13/2007, 10:56 AM	#7
grneyes3x Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Richmond Va Posts: 72	My deltec went crazy like that when I added expoxy putty when I was aquascaping. Wont do that again