Thebutcher
New member
Hey everyone, I have a question and was hoping that the boards would have an answer. I recently installed a brand new Coralife 65G HOB/in sump skimmer and installed it in my sump. I have had it running for a week or so and it’s been working great. Lots of dark nasty stuff collecting in the cup and pretty quiet. I don’t hear it under there at all so no problems there. The problem i have is that it is FLOODING my sump with Micro bubbles from the outflow of the skimmer and subsequently ”clogging up” the bubble trap in my sump where i have the sponge and Floss to trap anything before it goes to the return pump. When the sponges and floss ”clogs up” the level on the refugium side of the sump nearly over flows and the pump side water level lowers to the point that it triggers my ATO. I have to manually go in and move the floss around to release the bubbles, once i do that the level on the PUMP side rises and now I have to drain that side…….
I’ve installed the diffuser cup, added sponges to the diffuser cup, tried extending the outflow pipe, shorting the outflow pipe, raising and lowering the diffuser cup and adjusting the flow rate and bubble rate on the knobs and tubes.
Does anyone here know of a fix for this skimmer and the micro bubbles? Or should i just go get a new one? Why did I get this one Vs. The Aquamaxx i was going to get? The Coralife was basically free from a guy who had a bunch of his kids stuff that he was getting rid of.
Please help. A pic of the tank and micro bubble situation is attached..
I’ve installed the diffuser cup, added sponges to the diffuser cup, tried extending the outflow pipe, shorting the outflow pipe, raising and lowering the diffuser cup and adjusting the flow rate and bubble rate on the knobs and tubes.
Does anyone here know of a fix for this skimmer and the micro bubbles? Or should i just go get a new one? Why did I get this one Vs. The Aquamaxx i was going to get? The Coralife was basically free from a guy who had a bunch of his kids stuff that he was getting rid of.
Please help. A pic of the tank and micro bubble situation is attached..