Hi guys,
I just assembled my first ever external skimmer. It's a brand new Bubble-Magus curve 7.
I put it in my sump, switched it on and before I could blink, my collection cup was half full of water. I realised I had the adjustment about half way so turned it down to minimum and went again. Still no better.
After watching several YouTube videos I'm 99.9% sure it's assembled correctly and originally it was sat at the bottom of the sump which is approx 9.5 inches and the recommendation on the instructions says around 9-10 inches.
I've seen a lot about water level affecting it so I raised it approx 5 inches out of the water and set to minimum, I'm still getting bubbles overflowing into the cup far too quickly so within about 20 minutes I reckon the cup would be full again.
What do I do?
I just assembled my first ever external skimmer. It's a brand new Bubble-Magus curve 7.
I put it in my sump, switched it on and before I could blink, my collection cup was half full of water. I realised I had the adjustment about half way so turned it down to minimum and went again. Still no better.
After watching several YouTube videos I'm 99.9% sure it's assembled correctly and originally it was sat at the bottom of the sump which is approx 9.5 inches and the recommendation on the instructions says around 9-10 inches.
I've seen a lot about water level affecting it so I raised it approx 5 inches out of the water and set to minimum, I'm still getting bubbles overflowing into the cup far too quickly so within about 20 minutes I reckon the cup would be full again.
What do I do?