Skimmer Overflowing

[lizardfishman]

I have a reefoctopus hob skimmer. its the 100-ss i think. Basically, it was broken in and producing good skimmate last spring when my tank was set up and i've since broken it down but re-set it up on saturday and now its producing a ridiculous amount of bubbles and it fills the cup in like 5 minutes and looks like its going to overflow all the time. is there something wrong with it or will this go away?

 

[Ricko]

They can overproduce sometimes with new water, but it sounds like at the mo you need to lower the water level in the skimmer.

 

[lizardfishman]

how do i do that?

 

[Ricko]

I dont know a heck of alot about the hang on types, mine is external so i have a tap to adjust these levels. You could prob adjust yours by slightly lowering the amount of water being pumped in.

 

[matteo]

i don't know this skimmer model but i believe most skimmers have a control valve. fully open the control valve or raise the skimmer higher from the water level u have it in. Or it could just be new water like Ricko said.

 

[Myteemouse]

You could put a little ball valve on the input from the pump or jack up the skimmer itself for a week or two till it calms down..
Any skimmer sitting for a while needs to be re-broke in a bit..