So i turned on my skimmer today - tank has been up and running for 8 days. I've read enough ahead of time and wasn't surprised to see it going crazy with the overflow. I guess I'm in a break-in period. I opened the water flow to max as most suggested and it still overflows. There is a valve (more like a clamp) on the airline that if I tighten it down it restricts the air, by doing this I can keep the bubbles at a level inside the skimmer - now it's right about the bottom of the cup, but by doing this I see that there are bubbles escaping from the bottom of the skimmer. So valve opened means skimmer overflows, valve closed a bit means bubbles out the bottom.
Bubble Magus 5 sitting in 8 inches of water.
My question is during a break-in period is it better to keep the airline totally open and just let it over-flow or should I try to keep the airline restricted to keep the level correct (this means bubbles out of the bottom of the skimmer)?
Hope this makes sense to someone - first time skimmer owner here!
Bubble Magus 5 sitting in 8 inches of water.
My question is during a break-in period is it better to keep the airline totally open and just let it over-flow or should I try to keep the airline restricted to keep the level correct (this means bubbles out of the bottom of the skimmer)?
Hope this makes sense to someone - first time skimmer owner here!