Skimmer gone MAD!
I cant find a template im supposed to use, so ill jsut steal one..
/// System Overview
Alkalinity: higher than normal
Calcium: great
Phosphate: .025 (controlled by crazy GHA Groth)
Salinity: normal
Temperature: 23-25
Size: 200 DT 100L Sump
Age: 11 months (+ 2 years before i brought it)
Top Up: manual 15L a week
Type:
Problem Started: today
Water Changes: 50-75L a F/N
Fish: lots
/// More Information
OK, so i cleaned my scrubber last night, i had noticed my skimmer had started to collect more than it had been in the last few weeks. Normal collection is 3/4 full (400mlish) every 10 days or so. It increaded to around 1.2L in a week, nothing huge, but still.
The scrubber is only new, not really doing anything much, but its slowly starting to being my GHA into a decreasing stage (tank prob 70% covered atm)
So i emptied the skimmer this AM, got home from work, and it was overfull, and the drain pipe had fallen into the sump (no mess :)) so i fixed that, the water was clear, so i just put it back into the sump. Came back 60 min later, and it was going mad.
SO, i have changed nothing in a few weeks, what can make a skimmer go crazy like that? the skimmate is water like. To combat it, i have slowed the flow down to around 1/2 3/4 but im still getting the same bubble in the skimmer (as normal opperation)
Skimmer is a birlin XL (150-400G tank rated, skimmer is WELL over sized for the tank, but its been perfect.
/// System Overview
Alkalinity: higher than normal
Calcium: great
Phosphate: .025 (controlled by crazy GHA Groth)
Salinity: normal
Temperature: 23-25
Size: 200 DT 100L Sump
Age: 11 months (+ 2 years before i brought it)
Top Up: manual 15L a week
Type:
Problem Started: today
Water Changes: 50-75L a F/N
Fish: lots
/// More Information
OK, so i cleaned my scrubber last night, i had noticed my skimmer had started to collect more than it had been in the last few weeks. Normal collection is 3/4 full (400mlish) every 10 days or so. It increaded to around 1.2L in a week, nothing huge, but still.
The scrubber is only new, not really doing anything much, but its slowly starting to being my GHA into a decreasing stage (tank prob 70% covered atm)
So i emptied the skimmer this AM, got home from work, and it was overfull, and the drain pipe had fallen into the sump (no mess :)) so i fixed that, the water was clear, so i just put it back into the sump. Came back 60 min later, and it was going mad.
SO, i have changed nothing in a few weeks, what can make a skimmer go crazy like that? the skimmate is water like. To combat it, i have slowed the flow down to around 1/2 3/4 but im still getting the same bubble in the skimmer (as normal opperation)
Skimmer is a birlin XL (150-400G tank rated, skimmer is WELL over sized for the tank, but its been perfect.