Bubble Magus Curve 5 HELP!

jenreefer · Jan 3, 2017

let it be for a week. Just needs to break in. Be ready to dial it back when it starts skimming heavier.

Marius Swart · Jan 3, 2017

Must be broken in by now, been more than 2 months, or maybe there just isnt anything to remove but doubt it

MaiReef · Jan 3, 2017

Mine did the same until I put it in 6"s of water. After break in, I now have it at 7" and it does need adjustments to fine tune, but it consistently produces a very dark skimmate for months.

Marius Swart · Jan 3, 2017

Mine is at 10 inch, i had it on 8 but then only the neck got dirty , if i lower i dont get anything at all . Will try it at that depht as i only hear great things about these skimmers

jd371 · Jan 3, 2017

Marius Swart said:
@jd371 how deep is your skimmer exactly and reading between 1-3 ? I tried everything , 2 months with noting . Then i raised the water level to 26cm , setting between 1 and 2 and now im getting yellow water with some foam but nothing like yours

Just to mention i have a 180l setup ...

My water level is at 1o" and I have it set at just above the 1 mark. The reason the skimate is so dark is because at the time I was feeding algae or veggie tabs (can't remember what they were called), the fish didn't like them so I stopped.

Marius Swart · Jan 3, 2017

At the moment

MaiReef · Jan 3, 2017

So it is skimming. Just a bit light. Is the output at 3-max?

Marius Swart · Jan 3, 2017

Now at 2 , at 3 its foaming but then nothing gets into the cup , phos 16ppm and nitrate 20ppm. I cleaned the camber for live rock and then started skimming within 5min as follows , friend of mine says he think maybe the water might be to clean to get that gunk.

Saltyanimals · Apr 9, 2017

Mine too awhile to break in as well. I did raise it up 1-2 inches with some egg crate. After raising it I was getting very light water skim and I just left it along and cleaned out the light skim weekly. However this week I noticed very dark skim. Still very watery but there is some thicker skim around the inner cup rings. I'm going to leave it alone to see if it gets better or maybe it's my tank nutrients being too clean.