skimmer shooting tons of bubbles out of bottom

[scott11106]

i have a esHOPPS S-300 CONE SKIMMER and i ran it for a week or so then turned it off while the tank cycled. Now i turned it back on and it is shooting a huge amount of bubbles out of the bottom. enough to fill the display with micro bubbles.

i can not figure out why it is doing this, any ideas??

 

[AdamNC]

Give it time, it’s still breaking in. My Somatic 60s took about 3 weeks to break in.

 

[scott11106]

Give it time, it’s still breaking in. My Somatic 60s took about 3 weeks to break in.

ok, so you are saying that it is normal to have the bubbles come out the bottom? i have had skimmers overreact and create tons of bubbles out the top but never through the bottom, however i am just getting back into the hobby and 11 years ago things were different

 

[AdamNC]

Yea. Here’s what mine looked like. See all the bubbles under the plate? They also where all over the sump and DT for a while until it calmed down.

 

[cracker]

this is interesting .the pic surely shows a lot of bubbles in the sump. So could they be coming out of the skimmer output or further down ? are they coming out of the very bottom?
Does this skimmer have an internal pump or outside?
I doesn't seem to be leaking from the seams .so check the connect between pump & skimmer body maybe?

 

[scott11106]

i will let it run and as you said i am sure it will calm down, freaked me out a bit as i have not seen a skimmer do that from bottom. i did notice the air control had water in it so i emptied that. stay tuned ..

 

[AdamNC]

this is interesting .the pic surely shows a lot of bubbles in the sump. So could they be coming out of the skimmer output or further down ? are they coming out of the very bottom?
Does this skimmer have an internal pump or outside?
I doesn't seem to be leaking from the seams .so check the connect between pump & skimmer body maybe?

Mine has been cleared up for a while.

 

[NinnJinn]

I ran mine for about a week wide open in a 5 gallon bucket with distilled vinegar seem to have solved the problem

 

[scott11106]

this morning it was a bit better so i assume you were correct so thank you for that and thank you for the timely response, it really helped

i will update with any change

 

[scott11106]

skimmer seems to have calmed down and still shooting bubbles but much less and at least tolerable now. thanks for the help and i will post if something changes