Water getting in my skimmers air intake

paulrathor92 · Jun 30, 2021

Every week when I clean my eshopps nano skimmer and the air line always gets water in it some how. I need some insight on why it happens and what can I do to prevent it from happening again? Thanks in advance guys any helps better then none!

MnFish1 · Jul 1, 2021

paulrathor92 said:
Every week when I clean my eshopps nano skimmer and the air line always gets water in it some how. I need some insight on why it happens and what can I do to prevent it from happening again? Thanks in advance guys any helps better then none!

A video or picture would help!

WVNed · Jul 1, 2021

Its a tube that one end is underwater. When you turn the pump off water will rise to the level the skimmer is sitting in.
Does it not clear out when you turn the pump back on?

paulrathor92 · Jul 6, 2021

No it dosent clear out when I turn the pump back on. I have to shut my skimmer off when feeding. I have an aio so the back sump area fills up when return pump is shut off. So I have to turn my skimmer off so it dosent overflow.

WVNed · Jul 6, 2021

It must not have enough suction to pull the water out of the loop on the bottom. Not sure you can fix that.
Can you turn the pump so the tube is up and get rid of the loop?

paulrathor92 · Jul 6, 2021

Yes I can definitely turn the tube so it's facing upwards. But everything I read online said it should be facing down which really didn't make sense to me which way it was facing. I'll give it a shot and see what happens.

WVNed · Jul 6, 2021

paulrathor92 said:
Yes I can definitely turn the tube so it's facing upwards. But everything I read online said it should be facing down which really didn't make sense to me which way it was facing. I'll give it a shot and see what happens.

I have never used on of those skimmers. On a big one though it is best to have the venturi on top.
I guess you could put a check vale on the air line but if it stuck you would flood again. If the air cant be forced out the water couldn't go in.