What could cause my skimmer to go nuts..

Joshua Agostoni · Sep 23, 2017

So I've had my protein skimmer for 4 or more months so its deff broken in but today while at work it went nuts and started foaming up like crazy and over flowing. I'm confused as to what could have caused this as the tank is fishies going though the 76 day process of killing off ick. There is only some snails in it. Any ideas.

BoomCorals · Sep 23, 2017

Add anything to tank? Stir anything up? Any work being done in the house or any kind of aerosol sprayed near the tank?

Joshua Agostoni · Sep 23, 2017

Nope nothing, added nothing no chem or food or liver stock.

Dom · Sep 23, 2017

Joshua Agostoni said:
So I've had my protein skimmer for 4 or more months so its deff broken in but today while at work it went nuts and started foaming up like crazy and over flowing. I'm confused as to what could have caused this as the tank is fishies going though the 76 day process of killing off ick. There is only some snails in it. Any ideas.

The only time I've had that happen is when the water level began to rise from a faulty ATO valve that didn't close.