Nyos quantum 120: cannot get working right

[Max Rackstraw]

Yesterday i got a second hand nyos 120 and cleaned it all up with vinegar.

Today I have been trying to get the skimmer up and running although i just cannot seem to get it dialed in.

I managed to get it to skim really wet but wasn't happy with that and went to start tuning again.

Now i cannot get the water height any higher than were the cup joins to the body. Fully open the air screw... Nothing... Fully close the fine water height screw... No difference... And the same goes for twisting the whole stand pipe.

My best guess is ive reassembled the skimmer wrong or something because this surely isnt right. The skimmer is sitting in 21cm of water.

I'll attach a video of what its doing... I don't think the height of the water in the stand pipe is right either. Its only half a cm above the water and i cant change it.

 

[Max Rackstraw]

Nevermind ive figured it out... I installed the small plastic clamps on to the base upside down causing the body to not sit in the groove on the base and therefore cause a leak. If anyone else has a similar issue i can elaborate further...

 

[Max Rackstraw]

So turns out my celebration was very short lived! I got the skimmer to produce good foam for a while after fixing my assembly error with the mounts... However I found it to be inconsistent and then completely stop producing foam.

On top of the lack of foam, i now cannot get the water height in the skimmer right without giving it so much air that the bubbles are about 1.5cm diameter... Not good.

And finally... The skimmer is sending out loads of microbubbles, presumably from the water exit as i can see some relatively large bubbles in there too.

All i can think of is that the pump is not working correctly? (I didn't clean its internals)

Or its still breaking in from the body being cleaned 2 days ago?

Or there isn't enough bio load in the system even though ive been feeding quite heavy recently and have just nylon filter socks before the skimmer?

 

[Fredrxn]

So turns out my celebration was very short lived! I got the skimmer to produce good foam for a while after fixing my assembly error with the mounts... However I found it to be inconsistent and then completely stop producing foam.

On top of the lack of foam, i now cannot get the water height in the skimmer right without giving it so much air that the bubbles are about 1.5cm diameter... Not good.

And finally... The skimmer is sending out loads of microbubbles, presumably from the water exit as i can see some relatively large bubbles in there too.

All i can think of is that the pump is not working correctly? (I didn't clean its internals)

Or its still breaking in from the body being cleaned 2 days ago?

Or there isn't enough bio load in the system even though ive been feeding quite heavy recently and have just nylon filter socks before the skimmer?

Maybe check the pump model make sure it the right pump?I don't have the skimmer sorry

 

[Max Rackstraw]

Maybe check the pump model make sure it the right pump?I don't have the skimmer sorry

Good idea actually, it does seem a bit overpowered to me? When i did have it working the air screw was only open a tiny bit and the exit for the water was very restricted...

 

[Fredrxn]

Good idea actually, it does seem a bit overpowered to me? When i did have it working the air screw was only open a tiny bit and the exit for the water was very restricted...

Maybe check out YouTube videos for that skimmer to compare

 

[Max Rackstraw]

Yeah... I think it is the correct pump. It says "nyos quantum 1.0" on the back and looks the same as the ones i have seen on YouTube.

Watching this video...

... I have noticed this guy has his in a much lower sump water height than me. Im running mine at 8.5 inches as i read online was correct for this skimmer. Is my water height wrong?

His skimmers bubbles are not exiting the neck but i have noticed they are much slower and calmer than mine. My skimmer is making bubbles alot faster

 

[Max Rackstraw]

Im managing to get the bubbles to reach the top of the neck now but i cannot get it to make any foam without completing closing off the air screw.

However completely closing the air screw also makes the skimmer overflow.

 

[Max Rackstraw]

for the most part this is what the skimmer is doing. I have managed to get it to do the same thing higher and lower in the neck but cant make it create foam

 

[Fredrxn]

Yeah... I think it is the correct pump. It says "nyos quantum 1.0" on the back and looks the same as the ones i have seen on YouTube.

Watching this video...

... I have noticed this guy has his in a much lower sump water height than me. Im running mine at 8.5 inches as i read online was correct for this skimmer. Is my water height wrong?

His skimmers bubbles are not exiting the neck but i have noticed they are much slower and calmer than mine. My skimmer is making bubbles alot faster

yea ur pump is like it's going way to fast..do u have the bubble plate installed right?..8.5 should fine

 

[Fredrxn]

for the most part this is what the skimmer is doing. I have managed to get it to do the same thing higher and lower in the neck but cant make it create foam

Check this out

 

[Fredrxn]

What size tank u running?

 

[Max Rackstraw]

yea ur pump is like it's going way to fast..do u have the bubble plate installed right?..8.5 should fine

Im pretty sure its installed right. I did watch that assembly video and that other review video i linked where the guy assembled it.

 

[Max Rackstraw]

What size tank u running?

im running a red sea reefer 350, so its 275L tank volume. It contains a medium foxface, a medium moorish idol (who i am feeding a fair bit), a medium/small boxfish that eats alot, a small clownfish and four green chromis. there is also a cleaner shrimp and pistol shrimp who get spot fed. Normally that wouldn't be a very high bioload but the tank is being fed a lot right now due to the idol.

 

[Fredrxn]

im running a red sea reefer 350, so its 275L tank volume. It contains a medium foxface, a medium moorish idol (who i am feeding a fair bit), a medium/small boxfish that eats alot, a small clownfish and four green chromis. there is also a cleaner shrimp and pistol shrimp who get spot fed. Normally that wouldn't be a very high bioload but the tank is being fed a lot right now due to the idol.

I have a waterbox reef 130.4 running maxspec jump 400 skimmer

 

[Fredrxn]

Im pretty sure its installed right. I did watch that assembly video and that other review video i linked where the guy assembled it.

How long the skimmer been runing

 

[Max Rackstraw]

How long the skimmer been runing

it was second hand so its been running presumably years or months before I got it. but I got it 2 days ago and cleaned the body, neck, cup and bubble plate and it has now been running for two days. This is what i think might be causing the issue, i think maybe it needs to re establish a biofilm inside before it'll work?

 

[Fredrxn]

it was second hand so its been running presumably years or months before I got it. but I got it 2 days ago and cleaned the body, neck, cup and bubble plate and it has now been running for two days. This is what i think might be causing the issue, i think maybe it needs to re establish a biofilm inside before it'll work?

I would give it a few more days to break in.....

 

[Fredrxn]

So turns out my celebration was very short lived! I got the skimmer to produce good foam for a while after fixing my assembly error with the mounts... However I found it to be inconsistent and then completely stop producing foam.

On top of the lack of foam, i now cannot get the water height in the skimmer right without giving it so much air that the bubbles are about 1.5cm diameter... Not good.

And finally... The skimmer is sending out loads of microbubbles, presumably from the water exit as i can see some relatively large bubbles in there too.

All i can think of is that the pump is not working correctly? (I didn't clean its internals)

Or its still breaking in from the body being cleaned 2 days ago?

Or there isn't enough bio load in the system even though ive been feeding quite heavy recently and have just nylon filter socks before the skimmer?

U said it completely stops making micro bubbles?

 

[Max Rackstraw]

U said it completely stops making micro bubbles?

no it keeps making microbubbles no matter what you do. it makes them inside the body but some also escape into the sump which i understand is not supposed to happen