Coralife Biocube Skimmer

[wesman42]

I have a coralife nano skimmer with the limewood airstone. For the first week, I had to play with it quite a bit in order to prevent there from being too much skimmate in just a few hours.

Since I've had it nearly 2 weeks, I figured "hey, it should be running like a cheapo skimmer by now" but that's simply not the case -or maybe this IS what cheapo skimmers look like. I end up with a full cup of skimmate once per day...and that (to me) seems like quite the amount to have to deal with.

Is it possible (since I've never run a skimmer on this tank, and it's around 5 months old) that it's really just producing that much? Or, have I made a mistake going cheap and this is literally the best it's going to get?

Skimmate is usually a half dozen shades darker than the water, but still visibly translucent.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Yea, they’re not good.
Most air pumps aren’t strong enough. I tried a couple. Got dark ish tea. That’s about it.

 

[wesman42]

Yea, they’re not good.
Most air pumps aren’t strong enough. I tried a couple. Got dark ish tea. That’s about it.

Well thanks for the reply. I'll go ahead and send this one right back to hell. ;Bucktooth

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Well thanks for the reply. I'll go ahead and send this one right back to hell. ;Bucktooth

Yea. Sorry.
It’ll be in good company.
With mine.

 

[wesman42]

They can make bubbles together, forever.

Do you have any alternatives that you'd recommend by chance?

 

[jrwoltman]

I use an air valve on mine and it works GREAT. You should give it a try before you give up on it.

 

[wesman42]

Well unfortunately, mine has an air valve. Those are the adjustments I've made over the past 2 weeks and it really just isn't cutting the cake. If I have to empy it every day, it revolves around moving the skimmer in chamber 1, which also messes with the level.