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Skimmer creates more foam. I’ve removed the socks and the foam has decreased but there is still some. I’ll try reducing the flow. The tank is a couple of days old. All the foam started after adding Fiji pink sand. Next step I guess is to do a 25%? water change. ?That foam is protein. No (excess) proteins =no foam.
If you cant run the skimmer, try a partial water change, and try reducing any water flows / objects causing excess turbulence in the sump until you can get the skimmer back on.
Just bleach. No detergent correct?If that was a brand new filter sock I always wash in the machine with bleach before i use it. Otherwise it will foam like mad.
Reducing the flow helped dramatically. I can’t get the skimmer to stop overflowing even on the lowest setting. Will try raising it and see if this helpsAldo as I'm thinking of it you will need to babysit the Skimmer until foam production drops to normal for your tank. When this happens I make a gallon or so of salt water to add back into the tank so you don't have a salinity drop