Still battling micro bubbles ...

[notthatkindareefer]

My bubble magus mini q has been up and running for three weeks and its still making a TON of microbubbles. I know its the skimmer because you can see them erupting from the output. Is there any way to fix this? It has been 3 weeks and I even went as far as changing my return pump thinking it was causing the microbubbles.
Thanks!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

How close is the skimmer to the return pump?
Are there bubbles in the sump?

 

[The_Paradox]

I assume no bubble trap in your sump?

 

[Tahiti]

I have the same skimmer and I am dealing with the same thing. I just unplugged it because I can't get it to stop. I have it at the correct water level and it does no good. I even changed tanks recently and still has bubbles. Frustrating

 

[The_Paradox]

I have the same skimmer and I am dealing with the same thing. I just unplugged it because I can't get it to stop. I have it at the correct water level and it does no good. I even changed tanks recently and still has bubbles. Frustrating

Are you hanging it on the main tank or a sump?

 

[K1utch]

So I had that skimmer and ended up replacing the foam that came with it with a slightly oversized spong and put a little filter floss on top of the sponge and ended up with very little microbubbles after a couple weeks. Also the way they are designed the piece that snaps in front allows a small amount of bubbles to escape.

 

[Tahiti]

Are you hanging it on the main tank or a sump?

It's an AIO tank so it goes into the back compartment next to the return pump.

 

[Tahiti]

So I had that skimmer and ended up replacing the foam that came with it with a slightly oversized spong and put a little filter floss on top of the sponge and ended up with very little microbubbles after a couple weeks. Also the way they are designed the piece that snaps in front allows a small amount of bubbles to escape.

Okay thanks for the advice. I'll have to do that when I get home. See if that stops it.

 

[notthatkindareefer]

So I had that skimmer and ended up replacing the foam that came with it with a slightly oversized spong and put a little filter floss on top of the sponge and ended up with very little microbubbles after a couple weeks. Also the way they are designed the piece that snaps in front allows a small amount of bubbles to escape.

where is the foam you speak of? i took the bottom off of the skimmer but can’t seem to see any foam.

 

[notthatkindareefer]

Are you hanging it on the main tank or a sump?

No sump it’s just a 15G AIO.

 

[notthatkindareefer]

I have the same skimmer and I am dealing with the same thing. I just unplugged it because I can't get it to stop. I have it at the correct water level and it does no good. I even changed tanks recently and still has bubbles. Frustrating

I bought two of them and retired one hoping my other one would work. I honestly think it’s just a scam product. The reply above speaks of foam which the skimmer doesn’t possess. And all of the reviews I read don’t have a bit of negative in them. Not only that but BRS store won’t let me review or return the product. The price although enticing is a direct reflection of its performance absolute GARBAGE! Can’t kick my reef addiction though I’m gonna come back with something ten times better and bash Bubble Magus all over R2R to protect fellow entry level hobbyist.