No matter what I do I can't seem to get me eshoppes skimmer to chill out on the bubbles. Checked for clogs but nothing. Tried adjusting the Grey part on side and nothing. I'm so confused. This is my first skimmer. And although it's not new it's new to me. I saw it working when I bought it. What am I doing wrong?
Skimmer question
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Eckolancer
LED GURU
Looks like it might be in too deep of water. Also if it's new they can act up for the first week.
luke33
2500 Club Member
It's reacting to something in your tank, did you dose a chlorine remover, red slime remover or anything like that? How old is your tank? I would raise the skimmer up as much as you can, open up the output to wide open and try to skim out the issue, you may have to do a water change using the skimmer. But eventually you'll skim it all out
Make sure the white dots on the Grey tube are lined up to start, there should be a dot facing away from the skimmer on the brace that holds the Grey adjustment tube.
Might raise it temporarily to let it settle down.
Might raise it temporarily to let it settle down.
Kershaw
Valuable Member
I had a eshopps hob skimmer with same problem. I could run in a bucket of saltwater with no issue but on tank would always over flow. Lifting skimmer up is a good place to start even though it's at recommended height. I never did figure mine out and needed up selling it. But it being a hob I couldn't let it run to see if it would calm down, would have made a mess on floor. Allot of people told me to cut the part that goes in water shorter. But never do. Yours being in sump it's worth sticking some pvc or something under it.
dacianb
Active Member
I had a similar issue with my skimmer (Bubble Magus) after I placed a rock in the tank (washed with bleach and then for few days kept in fresh water to remove all bleach, but still probably was a tiny amount in the rock).
After 2 days of overflowing, I just put 2-3 drops of oil (cooking type) in the skimmer. All bubbles vanished and slowly skimmer came back to normal after couple of days.
After 2 days of overflowing, I just put 2-3 drops of oil (cooking type) in the skimmer. All bubbles vanished and slowly skimmer came back to normal after couple of days.
twilliard
Tank pests..
By closely reviewing your picture you have a massive amount of DOC's or an additive.
The bubbles in the second chamber shouldn't be there hanging around like that.
Water changes is going to be the best thing to do.
Reduce the DOC's (dissolved organic compounds) to a level where the skimmer will do it for you.
The bubbles in the second chamber shouldn't be there hanging around like that.
Water changes is going to be the best thing to do.
Reduce the DOC's (dissolved organic compounds) to a level where the skimmer will do it for you.
