Skimmer micro bubbles while treating with chemiclean

The_Shrimper · May 6, 2021

Hi!
So I just started treating my tank with chemiclean to get rid of some cyno. Since I started, my entire tank is completely filled with micro bubbles coming off the lower side of the skimmer. Is this normal or is my skimmer acting weird? I know it's good for the aeration but I wonder if it's too much .
Video of the amount of bubbles (hope you can see something ) -

The bubbles are coming out of this side -

Thank you !

sharpimage · May 6, 2021

skimmer will go nuts until the chemi clean is cleared out, via waterchanges. Just let it run and bubble

Miller535 · May 6, 2021

I usually opened up the valve the whole way, which lowered the water in the body of the skimmer and just removed the skimmer cup and let it flow over.

littlebeard · May 6, 2021

Very common for the skimmer to act up during chemiclean. Even mentions it in the directions. I hope you added airstones like the directions mentioned. When I ran it, I had to turn down the skimmer and I also removed the collection cup. Still produced a ton of foam.

After my treatment time was over and I did the suggested water change, I put the collection cup back on and removed anything it collected, replenishing the tank with fresh saltwater. Then i slowly increased the skimming rate over the next few days until it was back to normal.

The_Shrimper · May 6, 2021

littlebeard said:
Very common for the skimmer to act up during chemiclean. Even mentions it in the directions. I hope you added airstones like the directions mentioned. When I ran it, I had to turn down the skimmer and I also removed the collection cup. Still produced a ton of foam.

After my treatment time was over and I did the suggested water change, I put the collection cup back on and removed anything it collected, replenishing the tank with fresh saltwater. Then i slowly increased the skimming rate over the next few days until it was back to normal.

Thank you for the fast reply!
I did add an air stone and removed the collection cup. So I should just accept the micro bubbles for now? The skimmer is foaming like crazy it's just weird to me that the micro bubbles are coming from the wrong end

temple2101 · May 6, 2021

I am doing my 2nd round of Chemiclean right now. I remove the cup from my skimmer and let it foam over. I get micro bubbles as well but on my first treatment they went away once the skimmer settled back in. I wouldn't worry about it IMO unless things don't go back to normal ~1 week after you stop the treatment.