micro bubbles. Hey again, I have had my protien skimmer for about 2 weeks know; and it is still producing these micro bubbles from the outake valve;and theyfloat through the water and stick to my fishbut theyeither pop or fall off of the fish. the consumer I bought it from told me the bubbles would stop after two days and its been 14. any help would be appreciated.
Protein Skimmer producing micro bubbles. (Still)
- Thread starter Mattcomptonassvanhorn
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you might have an air pocket in the skimmer make sure it is fully primed and there is no air in it
Sounds like you have too high a flow rate through the skimmer. If it's a skimmer in-line with a W/D filter and uses the W/D pump for flow, you need to plumb a bypass. With a ball valve installed you will still maintain the same pump flow rate in the system. You can adjust the flow through the skimmer to cut the outflow of bubbles and provide the skimmer more dwell time (water to air contact) to improve the efficiency of the skimmer.
