I woke up like this

[reeferttb]

Hey everyone!
Walked into my tank being low on water this morning so started topping it off and noticed this strange slime in the sump/fuge. The skimmer was also bubbling over. Any clue what could be going on here?

 

[Timfish]

Something died?

 

[BoneDoc]

It might be your skimmer

 

[Rmckoy]

The smile is from the skimmer. .
But what caused the skimmer to overflow ?

 

[IKD]

Do you know why the tank was low on water?

 

[tamanning]

Looks like white slime
The last time I had that issue it was caused by a spike in nitrates that was caused by a fish that had died and had been pulled under a rock by a crab.

 

[ying yang]

Slime maybe from the skimate overflowing into sump and fallen to the bottom ? Just a guess but i would be more bothered about where the water went in your tank as not going to evaporate that much over night?
You got some kind of leak maybe?

 

[fish farmer]

How big is your tank?

You noticed the tank was low on water, then noticed the skimmer full of water....was that the water that was missing from your tank?

As for skimmer overflow usually something died or you did something different to the tank. What did you do recently that may be different?

 

[reeferttb]

Something died?

I can’t find anything, all fish accounted for, maybe some inverts.

 

[reeferttb]

It might be your skimmer

I cleaned it 2 days ago and may have messed up the adjustments. I feel like it’s dialed in though.

 

[reeferttb]

The smile is from the skimmer. .
But what caused the skimmer to overflow ?

No idea..

 

[reeferttb]

Do you know why the tank was low on water?

I let the top off tank dry up on accidentally, been a busy week.

 

[reeferttb]

Looks like white slime
The last time I had that issue it was caused by a spike in nitrates that was caused by a fish that had died and had been pulled under a rock by a crab.

Everyone is accounted for but may be an invert. I tested and they are in line.

 

[DrZoidburg]

My guess bacteria.

 

[fish farmer]

I cleaned it 2 days ago and may have messed up the adjustments. I feel like it’s dialed in though.

I've had that happen before. Clean it, adjust it, then crazy overflow for no reason.

 

[reeferttb]

How big is your tank?

You noticed the tank was low on water, then noticed the skimmer full of water....was that the water that was missing from your tank?

As for skimmer overflow usually something died or you did something different to the tank. What did you do recently that may be different?

It’s a reefer 350, it was a combo of the skimmer and me letting the top off tank dry up. The only think different is I cleaned out the detritus from the sump and moved the bio from a bag to the front of the sump, in the pic.

 

[BoneDoc]

I cleaned it 2 days ago and may have messed up the adjustments. I feel like it’s dialed in though.

What I meant is that your skimmer overflowed the nasty skimmates back into your tank. It was full in your pictures.

 

[DrZoidburg]

I had this happen cause of a carbon/o2 over dose. Exact same white slimy bubbly stuff. What worked for me to fix it was I had to put masking tape over the skimmer air vents. At the same time run cup drain line to a bucket. Removed filter socks also this stuff makes them worthless. Took about 2 weeks.