Skimmer acting weird

[Odd161]

Hey guys so I have a Reef Octopus Classic 150-int Protein skimmer and I’ve recently run into an issue with it. It was running perfectly fine up until yesterday. I did a partial water change and after I turned on all my filtration again I noticed that my skimmer was shooting out micro bubbles from the return. I don’t know what to do or if it’s even something to be concerned about but it’s been super difficult to Tune my skimmer back to how it was yesterday. Any help would be appreciated

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

My Cones Q2 does this if the water level in the chamber is too low and bubbles escape. Not sure why it would do that unless an adjustment known or unknown was done to the water level.

It's the only time I've seen my skimmer do something like this.

 

[Retro Reefer]

I would give it a day or two, haven’t necessarily seen micro bubbles but my skimmers will typically act weird after messing with my tank or doing water changes. Looks like a fairly new system the skimmer may not have a sufficient biofilm yet.

 

[Odd161]

I would give it a day or two, haven’t necessarily seen micro bubbles but my skimmers will typically act weird after messing with my tank or doing water changes. Looks like a fairly new system the skimmer may not have a sufficient biofilm yet.

Should I be concerned performance wise or not really? Also the tank is about a year old but I upgraded from a 50 to an 150 and the tank cane with a used skimmer but I’ve had it running for almost 3 months

 

[Retro Reefer]

Should I be concerned performance wise or not really? Also the tank is about a year old but I upgraded from a 50 to an 150 and the tank cane with a used skimmer but I’ve had it running for almost 3 months

As long as the micro bubbles aren’t making their way into display I wouldn’t worry about it, should have no negative effect on skimmer performance.

 

[Miller535]

I have a reef octopus 220 int regal. Mine does that after a water change, it does it A LOT when I change the filer sock. The thing I have learned is NOT to adjust it when it does this. Because eventually it's going to go back to normal (usually within a few hours to a day), and all that adjusting you were doing actually now has it out of adjustment.

 

[Odd161]

I have a reef octopus 220 int regal. Mine does that after a water change, it does it A LOT when I change the filter sock. The thing I have learned is NOT to adjust it when it does this. Because eventually it's going to go back to normal (usually within a few hours to a day), and all that adjusting you were doing actually now has it out of adjustment.

Oh really I didn't know this at all ok so I guess ill just leave it and then start adjusting it slowly after a day or 2

 

[Odd161]

As long as the micro bubbles aren’t making their way into display I wouldn’t worry about it, should have no negative effect on skimmer performance.

Alright thanks, I appreciate it. I was honestly pretty concerned with it

 

[Miller535]

One thing that does seem to lessen it somewhat I have found, is if I leave the skimmer turned off for maybe the first hour or two after a water change.

 

[Teebugs07]

My Cones Q2 does this if the water level in the chamber is too low and bubbles escape. Not sure why it would do that unless an adjustment known or unknown was done to the water level.

It's the only time I've seen my skimmer do something like this.

I have a Cones Q2. What height do you keep in your protein skimmer chamber? I am having an issue either it overflows or does not flow high enough to produce skim.