Red sea rsk 300 overflowing.. out of ideas.

[mudbugmike]

I've searched many threads on this. I'm pulling my hair out at this point. This is a second-hand skimmer that was cleaned with citric acid so I do not believe it to be because it is not broken in. I ran it rich overnight letting it spill back into my sump. I built a little stand to raise it out of the water above the water level sticker. I did this because I stuck it in a 5-gallon bucket and it ran fine, but now I am thinking that's because the pump was being throttled by the limited space.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Here is a video of it running on minimum -

Skimmer video

Thanks for your time.

 

[blaxsun]

What's the water level in your skimmer chamber? It should be around 8". The foam is also too high so you need to turn the air down (foam should peak just below the bottom of the collection cup).

 

[mudbugmike]

What's the water level in your skimmer chamber? It should be around 8". The foam is also too high so you need to turn the air down (foam should peak just below the bottom of the collection cup).

Hi, the level can be seen in the video. It's under the "water level" sticker. It is at 6 inches on the stand. Deeper makes it worse. The unit is running on the minimum setting in the video.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Every single time I give my skimmer a thorough cleaning, It has to rebreak in. The last time took 10 days...

I stopped cleaning anything but the cup now and it's always dialed in.

 

[blaxsun]

Hi, the level can be seen in the video. It's under the "water level" sticker. It is at 6 inches on the stand. Deeper makes it worse. The unit is running on the minimum setting in the video.

You need to get the foam lowered.

 

[mudbugmike]

You need to get the foam lowered.

Of course. How would I go about doing that? It's below the water level line and running on the minimum setting.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Of course. How would I go about doing that? It's below the water level line and running on the minimum setting.

Raise the unit.

 

[mudbugmike]

Raise the unit.

I am presently running at the minimum recommended water height per the manual... I agree this may help but I kinda feel like this is a bandage to whatever else the actual issue is.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I am presently running at the minimum recommended water height per the manual... I agree this may help but I kinda feel like this is a bandage to whatever else the actual issue is.

I still think the actual issue is that it's re-breaking in and raising the unit will allow it to deposit more of the crud on the outside walls which it needs to do to break in and perform correctly.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Turn the air down?
D

 

[mudbugmike]

I still think the actual issue is that it's re-breaking in and raising the unit will allow it to deposit more of the crud on the outside walls which it needs to do to break in and perform correctly.

This seems to be the most probably. Have it running as rich as I can while it just dumps the water back in the sump.

 

[mudbugmike]

Turn the air down?
D

I think this is the third time I've said it's running on the minimum in the past 10 minutes lol

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Lol.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I think this is the third time I've said it's running on the minimum in the past 10 minutes lol

Sooo... Maybe turn it down a little more?

 

[mudbugmike]

Sooo... Maybe turn it down a little more?

Minimum meaning the lowest it can go. It cannot be turned any lower. It is at the lowest.


Are y’all messing with me lol

 

[DeepintheReef]

As stated above, the skimmer needs to break in again since it was cleaned and disinfected. All of my clients' red sea skimmers are run below the minimum recommended water line and I usually only clean the skimmer cup during maintenance visits. Give it a week to run and break in, allowing it to dump back into the sump in the mean time.

 

[mudbugmike]

As stated above, the skimmer needs to break in again since it was cleaned and disinfected. All of my clients' red sea skimmers are run below the minimum recommended water line and I usually only clean the skimmer cup during maintenance visits. Give it a week to run and break in, allowing it to dump back into the sump in the mean time.

Thank you

 

[blaxsun]

I think this is the third time I've said it's running on the minimum in the past 10 minutes lol

Not the speed - the air adjustment on the silencer.

 

[mudbugmike]

Not the speed - the air adjustment on the silencer.

I'm not sure what you mean. This skimmer does not have any adjustments I can find a video of, or in the manual.

 

[DeepintheReef]

I'm not sure what you mean. This skimmer does not have any adjustments I can find a video of, or in the manual.

You are correct, the red sea skimmers do not have adjustable air valves.