Instant ocean protein skimmer micro bubble issues

[Justin poirier]

I finally decided to glue my corals down. And I have LPS frogspawn hammers etc so when I touch them they release a slime coat which messes up my skimmer. And now I'm getting a ton of micro bubbles making my tank look absolutely terrible.

Also it isn't skimming no extra protein is going to the top container any tips on how to fix this

 

[Fishfinder]

Is your skimmer overflowing? It might be your return pump causing the micro bubbles

 

[Justin poirier]

Is your skimmer overflowing? It might be your return pump causing the micro bubbles

Help me figure that out

 

[Fishfinder]

Do the bubbles go away when you turn the skimmer off?
I doubt your skimmer is causing that problem. I think your return pump is sucking in air

 

[Justin poirier]

Yes they go away.

 

[Justin poirier]

Do the bubbles go away when you turn the skimmer off?
I doubt your skimmer is causing that problem. I think your return pump is sucking in air

But isn't that what the return pump is supposed to do

 

[Fishfinder]

No. There should be no air going into the return pump

 

[Justin poirier]

The skimmer I have has a tube that goes into the pump that adds air

 

[Fishfinder]

Do the micro bubbles in your tank go away when you turn the skimmer off?

 

[Justin poirier]

No. There should be no air going into the return pump

 

[joekool]

You need to slow the through put of water. You want the bubbles to go up the neck and not flow out the water outlet. Sometimes it's inevitable you get some bubbles but some proper tuning should help.

Sometimes that's the nature with a hob skimmer

 

[Justin poirier]

Your return pump will move the bubbles right into your tank if they are in the water. You either need to create a bubble dang or chamber to catch them or slow the through put of water. You want the bubbles to go up the neck and not flow out the water outlet. Sometimes it's inevitable you get some bubbles but some proper tuning should help or better placement and setup in your sump.

The thing is this randomly happened. It was just fine.

 

[joekool]

Sorry I edited my post didn't realize it was a hob skimmer and not in a sump. Re read and saw you picture

 

[Fishfinder]

Yes agreed, slow the flow some. Get the water up the skimmer with adjustment

 

[joekool]

How new is the skimmer? They have a break in period were you adjustments or setting will need to be changed to get the same output. Also change in water level will affect the function. Try to keep it the same as much as possible.

 

[Justin poirier]

How new is the skimmer? They have a break in period were you adjustments or setting will need to be changed to get the same output. Also change in water level will affect the function. Try to keep it the same as much as possible.

It's about 4 months old. Nothing has changed that's why this is weird. But I'll try some of those things

 

[SeagraveJay]

Same issue! Intake on my hob is shooting too much air into the skimmer and then the outflow is full of micro bubbles. What do I do?

 

[SeagraveJay]

Same issue w microbubbles. Helpppp? Air intake is designed to shoot into the pump, but then shoots right through the system into my tank????