help protein skimmer

Leon5962 · 02/23/2011, 01:00 PM

i am using a reef octopus bh100f hang on the back protein skimmer, but it won't stop blowing millions of bubbles into my tank i read on the manual that it takes about 4 week for the skimmer to break in but mine its been running for about 7 weeks now and the bubbles still won't go away. if anybody know a way to stop the bubble from getting into my tank please let me now asap!

seapug · 02/23/2011, 01:06 PM

how high do you have the water level set in the skimmer column?

wbdevers · 02/23/2011, 01:12 PM

Leon5962, is your unit the two or three chamber model? I've got a RO HOB skimmer and it did put bubbles into my tank, but nothing major. Mine came with a hideous blue sponge that was designed to fit over the output and help stop the bubbles--worthless. I just turned my return so that it faced the back glass. The bubbles generally burst along the back and weren't really seen. Those that escaped really didn't bother me any. Are you using the coarse black sponge in the one chamber? It is a bubble trap as well. I found that the bubbles I did have came not from the reaction, but from where the water left the unit--the water level in my last chamber doesn't fill the discharge pipe completely and therefore sucks air down with it. Once it tumbled into the 90 it made the bubbles (man I hope that makes sense).

HTH

02/23/2011, 01:00 PM	#1
Leon5962 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 8	help protein skimmer i am using a reef octopus bh100f hang on the back protein skimmer, but it won't stop blowing millions of bubbles into my tank i read on the manual that it takes about 4 week for the skimmer to break in but mine its been running for about 7 weeks now and the bubbles still won't go away. if anybody know a way to stop the bubble from getting into my tank please let me now asap!

02/23/2011, 01:06 PM	#2
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	how high do you have the water level set in the skimmer column? __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

02/23/2011, 01:12 PM	#3
wbdevers Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: MS Gulf Coast Posts: 754	Leon5962, is your unit the two or three chamber model? I've got a RO HOB skimmer and it did put bubbles into my tank, but nothing major. Mine came with a hideous blue sponge that was designed to fit over the output and help stop the bubbles--worthless. I just turned my return so that it faced the back glass. The bubbles generally burst along the back and weren't really seen. Those that escaped really didn't bother me any. Are you using the coarse black sponge in the one chamber? It is a bubble trap as well. I found that the bubbles I did have came not from the reaction, but from where the water left the unit--the water level in my last chamber doesn't fill the discharge pipe completely and therefore sucks air down with it. Once it tumbled into the 90 it made the bubbles (man I hope that makes sense). HTH __________________ Wes Beatings will continue until morale improves!!! "I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them."--Judge Smails Current Tank Info: 125g ML dual corner OF mixed reef, Custom stand and canopy, 40g custom sump, lighting (in flux :( )

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