Skimmer question

ndz98 · Nov 16, 2015

I emptied this last night and after a day it's pretty full. I feel like it should be this much. Any input?

nazzman · Nov 16, 2015

Raise up the cup as high as you can

Downbeach · Nov 16, 2015

Are you using any type of chem's in the water, i.e. water conditioners, etc.?

TheEngineer · Nov 16, 2015

That water looks fairly clear, hard to tell though. Is it? How heavily stocked is your tank?

EDIT: I have had this style skimmer in the past. Adding filter floss to my tank made it go nuts. Have you added anything at all to the water?

ndz98 · Nov 16, 2015

Downbeach said:
Are you using any type of chem's in the water, i.e. water conditioners, etc.?

I put some reef Roids in there and I thought maybe that was it but not sure. No chemicals.

ndz98 · Nov 16, 2015

icecool2 said:
That water looks fairly clear, hard to tell though. Is it? How heavily stocked is your tank?

EDIT: I have had this style skimmer in the past. Adding filter floss to my tank made it go nuts. Have you added anything at all to the water?

The water had a light green color. It is typically much darker when I empty it and a lot less. I don't even get that much in a week typically. I only have two clowns, a sailfin tang, a emerald crab, 4 snails, and 4 blue leg hermit crabs. I had all them before this started happening though.

lefkonj · Nov 16, 2015

When have you taken the skimmer apart? I had a similar issue and the air line was caked with calcium. Cleared it and problem was gone.

ndz98 · Nov 17, 2015

lefkonj said:
When have you taken the skimmer apart? I had a similar issue and the air line was caked with calcium. Cleared it and problem was gone.

I haven't taken it apart yet to clean it. Probably will end up doing it this weekend.

TheEngineer · Nov 17, 2015

Sounds like something is causing the water to foam up more or the cup slipped down. Those o-rings are terrible at holding it in place long term. Try raising the cup a bit and see if it helps.

ndz98 · Nov 17, 2015

icecool2 said:
Sounds like something is causing the water to foam up more or the cup slipped down. Those o-rings are terrible at holding it in place long term. Try raising the cup a bit and see if it helps.

I'm thinking it was the reef Roids that did it because it hasn't happened since I put them in.