Advise and help please SRO 3000e very very wet

Esardog · 04/11/2012, 06:11 AM

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I am curing about 350lbs of rock in a 100 gal. rubber made tub. Thought I would test my external skimmer. I bought it from fellow RC reefer and it came to me clean. I know nothing about a skimmer. There are very very wet bubbles coming all the way up the cone and into the cup lifting the top off the cup and very quickly filling the cup with water. I can not slow it down or stop it. Without the Bubble Blaster on the water is about 3 - 4 inches from the top of the cone prior to the cup. Is it just clean and needing to slime over or am I doing something wrong? There is only about 85 gals. in the tub with the rock. Is this too small? The rock is a combination of old dry rock from several different aquariums and Micro rock. Appreciate any help, advise or corrections. --Eddie

flipteg · 04/11/2012, 06:32 AM

if you already have the gate valve open all the way, the only other thing i can think of is the feed pump might be too strong. on my external skimmer, i have a ball valve on the feed pump so i can control the flow through better.

even before breaking in, it shouldn't be overflowing like that with the bubbles on.

Esardog · 04/11/2012, 06:47 AM

I am using a Ehiem 1260 which I believe is at 634 gph

tmc1313 · 04/11/2012, 06:52 AM

Sounds like something may be in the water causing it to overflow. There are many things that can contribute to this: such as water additives: ie...chemiclean, stress coat, epoxies, putty's used for fragging etc...until they work out of the system via water changes they will make your skimmer go nuts.

04/11/2012, 06:11 AM	#1
Esardog Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Texas Posts: 127	Advise and help please SRO 3000e very very wet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am curing about 350lbs of rock in a 100 gal. rubber made tub. Thought I would test my external skimmer. I bought it from fellow RC reefer and it came to me clean. I know nothing about a skimmer. There are very very wet bubbles coming all the way up the cone and into the cup lifting the top off the cup and very quickly filling the cup with water. I can not slow it down or stop it. Without the Bubble Blaster on the water is about 3 - 4 inches from the top of the cone prior to the cup. Is it just clean and needing to slime over or am I doing something wrong? There is only about 85 gals. in the tub with the rock. Is this too small? The rock is a combination of old dry rock from several different aquariums and Micro rock. Appreciate any help, advise or corrections. --Eddie

04/11/2012, 06:32 AM	#2
flipteg Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 910	if you already have the gate valve open all the way, the only other thing i can think of is the feed pump might be too strong. on my external skimmer, i have a ball valve on the feed pump so i can control the flow through better. even before breaking in, it shouldn't be overflowing like that with the bubbles on.

04/11/2012, 06:47 AM	#3
Esardog Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Texas Posts: 127	I am using a Ehiem 1260 which I believe is at 634 gph

04/11/2012, 06:52 AM	#4
tmc1313 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bristol, Connecticut Posts: 1,530	Sounds like something may be in the water causing it to overflow. There are many things that can contribute to this: such as water additives: ie...chemiclean, stress coat, epoxies, putty's used for fragging etc...until they work out of the system via water changes they will make your skimmer go nuts.