Skimmer not working

dirtStar · 04/15/2010, 09:17 PM

I noticed today that my skimmer is not working correctly.

I had cleaned it entirely about 1 week ago.
All seemed fine.
Now it will produce bubbles for about 10 seconds and then just quit.
I fiddled around with everything and nothing is clogged.
Now it would produce bubble unless I blow into the airline slightly.
Or about 5 seconds of bubbles on its own every 10 minutes or so.

I am stumped, and read about 2 hours worth of old threads, cant find this one out.
Not to mention my clowns have spawned, about to hatch in a day or two, and I am ready to start rearing, but then this happens.

Any and all help is apprieciated.

Thanks,
Rob

ambergris caye · 04/15/2010, 09:35 PM

I had this problem and figured out that a small calcium deposit had clogged my air intake. I know it is the first thing that experienced reefers check, but it didn't occur to me right away at the time.
I thought one skimmer wasn't getting enough air so I hooked the air intake up to an extra air pump and therefore I didn't have to worry about it. It helped keep the air intake quiet and consistently good.

04/15/2010, 09:17 PM	#1
dirtStar Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: AKRON PA Posts: 234	Skimmer not working I noticed today that my skimmer is not working correctly. I had cleaned it entirely about 1 week ago. All seemed fine. Now it will produce bubbles for about 10 seconds and then just quit. I fiddled around with everything and nothing is clogged. Now it would produce bubble unless I blow into the airline slightly. Or about 5 seconds of bubbles on its own every 10 minutes or so. I am stumped, and read about 2 hours worth of old threads, cant find this one out. Not to mention my clowns have spawned, about to hatch in a day or two, and I am ready to start rearing, but then this happens. Any and all help is apprieciated. Thanks, Rob __________________ 75/15, CPR BP, ACjr, 1/10ch, UV, LF PhosBan, ATO, 2x250W MH, 2x54W Actinic, LED, Inverts, Coral Banded and PM Shrimp, Shrooms, Trees, Devils Hand, 15in SStar and 24in BStar LM Blenny, Starry Dnet, Flame Angel, Yellow Tang, 3 stripe and blue devil damsels, 4 Nemo including mating pair and 1 B&W misbar NEW: Green Mandarin, Pictichromis diadema "dotty" Centropyge flavicauda Whitetail Pygmy Angel

04/15/2010, 09:35 PM	#2
ambergris caye Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Waterloo, iowa Posts: 116	I had this problem and figured out that a small calcium deposit had clogged my air intake. I know it is the first thing that experienced reefers check, but it didn't occur to me right away at the time. I thought one skimmer wasn't getting enough air so I hooked the air intake up to an extra air pump and therefore I didn't have to worry about it. It helped keep the air intake quiet and consistently good.