I returned home last night and looked under my tank for a routine check...water was ALL over the place...splashing out of the skimmer collection cup...my electrical outlets were sitting in about a quarter inch of water and I have no idea how electricity did not get transmitted to the water...any idea why my skimmer would start running "wet" like that..?? I was running fine for a couple weeks....then all of a sudden it's blowing water out of the top??...is there anything I can do to prevent an overflow like this in the future??...thanks in advance.
Almost electricuted all my fish !!!...close call.
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-Logzor
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Not sure how your skimmer was configured but mine, when it overflows, it just overflows back into the sump and doesn't cause any major problems like this. Is there a way you can configure it to not overflow outside of the aquarium?
Typically the skimmer overflows due to some chemical getting into the system, like when I use epoxy putty. Or it happens if water level changes.
Typically the skimmer overflows due to some chemical getting into the system, like when I use epoxy putty. Or it happens if water level changes.
Thanks Logzor...I have a big skimmer (reef octopus NW-200)...and it takes up alot of space in my sump...maybe I should have gotten a smaller skimmer so that I could center it more and avoid this problem...it is so tight in there, that I can't move it away from the egde of the sump :-/
