Skimmer Vs. Chemi-Clean

TheReefDude · Oct 28, 2020

Hey guys! So, in my previous post I talked about a red slime issue that was literally taking over my tank. A fellow reefer referred me Chemi-Clean. So I went on Amazon, bought it, read the directions (which included turning off my skimmer) dosed my tank, 2 days later did a 20% water change like suggested. NOW....the red slime is gone...kudos to Chemi-Clean for their amazing product....BUT......I haven’t been able to run my skimmer because it just keeps over flowing and it’s been just about a month after the dose and several large water changes. Does anyone know what I should do, or how to help solve this problem? Right now I did a 20 gallon water change, and the skimmer is running with no collection cup just continuously over flowing....I even took the skimmer out of my sump and cleaned it, and it’s still over flowing. HELP ME!!!
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Daddy-o · Oct 28, 2020

I sometimes put 1/2 a frag disc or something over the water intake of my skimmer to "slow" it down a bit for a day or 2. You could also raise the skimmer up for a while.

SDK · Oct 28, 2020

There has been a pretty well established success rate doing the following. It worked well for me:

Mix up a 5 gallon bucket of new SW on a day when you have some free time. Grab a seat by your tank, and start emptying the skimmer cup down the drain as it fills, and replacing the lost water with new SW from the bucket. By the time I got through about 4 gallons my skimmer had calmed down and was working again. Good luck!