Micro-bubbles from chiller - help

elwaine · 03/01/2006, 08:32 PM

Good grief! Just hooked up a new chiller (an Arctica 1/10 HP) and my reef is now Micro-bubble City. My corals are stressed - producing lots of mucous. The intake comes directly from the aquarium... goes into a Eheim 1260 pump... thru the chiller, and then returns to the aquarium. My sump is too small to handle the volume. Will the bubbles eventually stop? I had a similar problem when I first attached a hang-on protein skimmer. After about 2 -3 weeks, the bubbles stopped. I hope this will be the case with the chiller.

Anyone have a similar experience?

TIA... Larry

elwaine · 03/01/2006, 09:59 PM

Good grief! I solved the problem. It was of my own making! One of the intake connections (suction side of the loop) must of had a minute air leak. I "rimmed" all of the intake connections with silicon and - like magic - the micro-bubbles stopped!

03/01/2006, 08:32 PM	#1
elwaine The mad reefer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 296	Micro-bubbles from chiller - help Good grief! Just hooked up a new chiller (an Arctica 1/10 HP) and my reef is now Micro-bubble City. My corals are stressed - producing lots of mucous. The intake comes directly from the aquarium... goes into a Eheim 1260 pump... thru the chiller, and then returns to the aquarium. My sump is too small to handle the volume. Will the bubbles eventually stop? I had a similar problem when I first attached a hang-on protein skimmer. After about 2 -3 weeks, the bubbles stopped. I hope this will be the case with the chiller. Anyone have a similar experience? TIA... Larry __________________ Been in this hobby for 3 hours and 27 minutes and I'm Still Not An Expert!

03/01/2006, 09:59 PM	#2
elwaine The mad reefer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 296	Good grief! I solved the problem. It was of my own making! One of the intake connections (suction side of the loop) must of had a minute air leak. I "rimmed" all of the intake connections with silicon and - like magic - the micro-bubbles stopped! __________________ Been in this hobby for 3 hours and 27 minutes and I'm Still Not An Expert!