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Hello all, I hate asking for help but I have been scouring the internet and I cant seem to find a solution to my protein skimmer. I bought a Reef Octopus Classic 110 Space Saver Protein Skimmer off of amazon a couple months ago and I haven't been able to get it to stop overflowing. Like it doesn't matter what the water level or what setting you put it at it just overflows and fills the collection cup immediately. I was finally able to get it to skim a little bit for a couple weeks by blocking off the air silencer completely but when i do that it produces an insane amount of micro bubbles and fills my entire tank with them. I've owned skimmers before and never had an issue like this before with them. Does anyone else own this skimmer or maybe the bigger 150 and had the same issues? I've reached out to Reef octopus but to no avail. Right now i have it sitting in 7" of water but i have experimented all the way from 6"-9" and none of it seems to make a difference. The only part of the assembly i was unsure of is on the top cap there are two small plastic tubes that come out of it but the instructions dont specify if you need to attach them to the hose coming out of the venturi or leave them open but i have tried both ways and neither way makes a difference. any help would be greatly appreciated!
here is a hyperlink to the skimmer. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/reef...aj24HLppp_eiSPXLU6aRH8pGmuEPnYE8aAlhEEALw_wcB
here is a hyperlink to the skimmer. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/reef...aj24HLppp_eiSPXLU6aRH8pGmuEPnYE8aAlhEEALw_wcB