Epoxy

[SWBeginer]

skimmer goes crazy after applied little bit of epoxy to piece of rock. I did water change today and doesn't seem to take care of the issue. What else I can do?

 

[reev]

I had that happening to me a few times in the past (not necessary because of epoxy but other dosings). This is what I did, in order, until it recovered:
- set the skimmer level to minimum, then collected & dumped a couple cups of the watery foam that it produced.
- removed the cup and let skimmer run "idle". It produced some foam inside the sump, it didn't come out and eventually it recovered to normal levels. Probably the chemicals evaporated or precipitated.
- stopped the skimmer for the night or a few hours.

 

[vhuang168]

Run some carbon in a reactor. That will cut down on the time it over foams.

 

[maddhugan]

carbon will suck up organics

carbon will suck up organics

Like this:

Run some carbon in a reactor. That will cut down on the time it over foams.

 

[najluni15]

It will usually foam for a few hours to a day then stop. I usually take the collection cup off for a day or so and refresh carbon after using epoxy for frags

 

[JayVIP]

totally normal. some brands do it and some skimmers are sensitive to it. yes on Carbon. Replace when done.

 

[SWBeginer]

carbon added and see how it goes. thx

 

[jmc1974]

Perfectly normal when epoxy is used, try to use superglue in gel instead, it will not react like the epoxy, just if possible remove the rock you're trying to attach the frag and apply the gel and attach. It cures in the water.

 

[schwebb]

I set some frags yesterday too and mega foam