Skimmer

[roggy23]

Why does my skimmer do this.. like over bubble and bubbles kinda sit there for a while before popping?

 

[jsker]

The skimmer is do it job, in my opinion your skimmer is setup correctly.

 

[roggy23]

Maybe I'll lower the pump pressure a bit

 

[ZoWhat]

Why do you worry about such things?
Lololololololololol

 

[ReefEco]

Hey Roggy, you can try lowering the water level in the skimmer by using the adjustment knob, which should lower the bubble level and control the amount of foam a bit, causing it to collect in the cup, rather than bubble over. Sometimes, however, what you are seeing is when you just have a large amount of organics in the water and your skimmer is just producing a lot of foam. This can happen sometimes regardless of skimmer adjustments. However, I'd start by lowering the water level in the skimmer and see where that gets you....

 

[Dan_P]

Why does my skimmer do this.. like over bubble and bubbles kinda sit there for a while before popping?

The skimmer running too dry.

 

[Garf]

Why does my skimmer do this.. like over bubble and bubbles kinda sit there for a while before popping?

Is this on a 180 gallon tank? Is it big enough?

 

[roggy23]

Is this on a 180 gallon tank? Is it big enough?

It is on a 180. Typically it does great just lately been looking like this

 

[roggy23]

Why do you worry about such things?
Lololololololololol

Cuz it's acting differently than normal

 

[Garf]

It is on a 180. Typically it does great just lately been looking like this

Have you cleaned the Venturi with some hot water?

 

[Paddypils]

Use some petroleum jelly in your cup this will pop all those bubbels.