eshopps skimmer question

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Hey all!
This is the skimmer I have:
shopping

Lately, I cannot keep a constant water level. I put it where I want it, then it rises on its own. Its not sliding down the glass and the water level in that part of my sump never changes.
I have found that when I clean the sponge on the bottom, it does help keep it consistent but what started out as cleaning it once a month...became once a week. Now its barely able to do that. I have the flow all the way at the lowest output for the pump (I used to keep it at the highest) and I still cant get the water level I need to get concentrated skimmate.
This skimmer is ~ 8 months old. Do I need to take apart the pump part and clean it out? Can I even do that?
Im at a loss of what to do...it overflows the collection cup within the 10 hours Im at work. Its very light skimmate, can see right through it.
 
Hey all!
This is the skimmer I have:
shopping

Lately, I cannot keep a constant water level. I put it where I want it, then it rises on its own. Its not sliding down the glass and the water level in that part of my sump never changes.
I have found that when I clean the sponge on the bottom, it does help keep it consistent but what started out as cleaning it once a month...became once a week. Now its barely able to do that. I have the flow all the way at the lowest output for the pump (I used to keep it at the highest) and I still cant get the water level I need to get concentrated skimmate.
This skimmer is ~ 8 months old. Do I need to take apart the pump part and clean it out? Can I even do that?
Im at a loss of what to do...it overflows the collection cup within the 10 hours Im at work. Its very light skimmate, can see right through it.

I'd pull the sponge off.
 
is that the flexible tube coming off the pump?
I spoke with eshopps yesterday and they told me how to clean the actual pump so Ill do that tonight :)
 

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