Hi all,
So IÃ"šÃ‚´m one of those who canÃ"šÃ‚´t make their skimmer to work.
I have a ev400 with a mag 18.
I just canÃ"šÃ‚´t make the skimmer to skimm to the collection cup, it all stays on the neck of the foam chamber and there will form a think mud paste, but nothing on the collection chamber.
SO I wrote Steve at Aquac and he told me to check the valves and inlets.
Well, I checked the water inlet, clean, checked the air valve, clean. ALso checked the hose and it wasnÃ"šÃ‚´t submerged.
I raised the water level in the foam chamber a little bit but there wasnÃ"šÃ‚´t any skimmate on the collection cup, even do the skimmer produces bubbles like crazy and there is a lot of foam coming up on the foam chamber, it just wonÃ"šÃ‚´t go into the collection cup.
IÃ"šÃ‚´ve been increasing the water level in the foam chamber, now it is about 1/2 of the cylinder and some skimmate is being collected in the collection chamber... but itÃ"šÃ‚´s too little and not consistently but from time to time. If I increase the water level more, the skimmer stops making bubbles.
IÃ"šÃ‚´m wondering if replacing the spray injector with a beckett valve could be beneficial, this way I could rise the water level even more and since the beckett is not dependant of air being present inside the back box, I think it could work nice.
BTW, I have the skimmer correctly installed, i have it on my sump and I raised it in order to have the water level below the gate valve. ALso, water level inside the sump is controlled with a auto top/off so it stays the same 24/7.
Please help me because I spent 480 dollars on this piece of equipment and canÃ"šÃ‚´t believe itÃ"šÃ‚´s not working.
Thanks
Marco
ps. here are some pics, this is what it has skimmed in 2 days! and this is one of the best skimming times, most of the time it wonÃ"šÃ‚´t produce not even this.
I was hoping maybe you could elaborate some on how you set yours to run wet. (and yes that does look dark for wet skimmate!)
