Temperamental reef octopus HOB

[Conal monaghan]

Hi,
The chamber that contains the out pipe in my reef octopus HOB starts to fill very quickly when I adjust the collection cup. I reckon that if I moved it more that 5mm per second the chamber starts the fill quickly with water (the air funnel going into the out pipe disappears). I have to dive for the power point and have stopped it around 1cm from overflowing (very close).

My question is: is this normal, should I potentially raise the protein skimmer higher to increase gravity? i did slightly shorten the intake pipe so I could have the collection cup higher (it was not skimming off the surface). Should this have changed the physics / siphon ?

Cheers,
Conal

 

[Mark Bianco]

Please define the model as there are differences between the three different models RO offers with an adjustable collection cup.

Mark

 

[erky]

i had a hob 100 and it did the same thing, try raising the intake (water) tube up a bit in the water column and keep an eye on it while it breaks in.

 

[Conal monaghan]

Thanks for the help as I raise the skimmer or push the little overflow cup higher?

It's a 1000.