So I put this skimmer in and had to prop it up to get it to stop overflowing. Recommended 7-9 inches of water. Sump level was correct, however I propped it up about 3 inches and adjusted the gate to break it in then it was working perfectly, after about a week of breaking in I adjusted the knob that lets water out and lowered the skimmer.
Running perfectly until something in my tank caused a bacterial bloom possibly, now I have cloudy water and the skimmer will just absolutely not work. Constantly overflowing. I have the thing sitting in like 3 inches of water and still overflows.
The bubbles fill up fast, come through the top and run down the side on the most open setting, and I have no adjustments for water flow or air in the skimmer. Any ideas what I could try? Thanks!
This is after being on for maybe 5 minutes, flow valve open, and propped up
Running perfectly until something in my tank caused a bacterial bloom possibly, now I have cloudy water and the skimmer will just absolutely not work. Constantly overflowing. I have the thing sitting in like 3 inches of water and still overflows.
The bubbles fill up fast, come through the top and run down the side on the most open setting, and I have no adjustments for water flow or air in the skimmer. Any ideas what I could try? Thanks!
This is after being on for maybe 5 minutes, flow valve open, and propped up
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