Salt creep inside skimmer injector

Rmckoy · Apr 10, 2022

anyone have issues and a solution to reduce the amount of salt creep inside the intake injector for a Mrc skimmer ?

Once apart . There are o rings in each end of the injector . Alone they are not enough to stop water from leaking passed .
so I added Teflon tape to each end .
it works great . But for some weird reason even though no sight of water in that section , I always get crazy salt creep which restricts the air intake.
decreasing the skimmers efficiency

Rmckoy · Apr 10, 2022

The Beckett and injector was removed 2 weeks ago and cleaned ….,

just for time reference

ptrusk · Apr 10, 2022

I used to use an SWC extreme that would get clogged with salt creep in the silencer. Now this wasn't a beckett, but it sucked a ton of air and just sitting in the sump under the tank the silencer/air intake would clog frequently because of the salty environment. What worked for me was one of those foam prefilters that you put on a maxijet powerhead. Just slipped over the air intake.

Maxi-Jet Double Pack Prefilter

Keeps floating partials out of the pump and the equipment the pump is attached too. Highly recommended when using a Maxi-Jet to feed carbon reactors where the partials are likely to clog the filter.Includes plastic prefilter to be attached properly.

www.bulkreefsupply.com

I would take it off and rinse it right in the sump occasionally and in fresh water once in a blue moon (just lazy). It would still clog once in a while but not nearly as often. maybe once or twice a year.

Now i realize your air intake is a different profile, but I am thinking you could find something similar. Maybe this:

Really any open cell foam you could attach to filter the salty air.

Rmckoy · Apr 10, 2022

ptrusk said:
I used to use an SWC extreme that would get clogged with salt creep in the silencer. Now this wasn't a beckett, but it sucked a ton of air and just sitting in the sump under the tank the silencer/air intake would clog frequently because of the salty environment. What worked for me was one of those foam prefilters that you put on a maxijet powerhead. Just slipped over the air intake.

Maxi-Jet Double Pack Prefilter

Keeps floating partials out of the pump and the equipment the pump is attached too. Highly recommended when using a Maxi-Jet to feed carbon reactors where the partials are likely to clog the filter.Includes plastic prefilter to be attached properly.

www.bulkreefsupply.com

I would take it off and rinse it right in the sump occasionally and in fresh water once in a blue moon (just lazy). It would still clog once in a while but not nearly as often. maybe once or twice a year.

Now i realize your air intake is a different profile, but I am thinking you could find something similar. Maybe this:

Really any open cell foam you could attach to filter the salty air.

There is a cotton ball inside the air injector for the intake .

I think somehow there is a slight water seep or leak inside causing the salt creep .
but assumed someone else with the same skimmer had a idea to resolve this issue