foaming skimmer

[Maybaer]

I recently had to treat my tank for red slime algae. I am happy with the outcome and my fish are doing fine. However, now my skimmer is foaming and causing micro bubbles to be let back into the tank. I am going to do a water change hoping that it will help to reduce the foaming but how much of a water change should I do? Or is there another remedy for this problem?

 

[Andrew]

Well, water change won't really help. What kind of skimmer is it? Try reducing the amount of air entering the water line to decrease the amount of bubbles if possible.

 

[Infern0]

Will take about a week for it to go back to normal. Nothing wrong with it, just let it do it's thing. If you don't like bubbles, or they are presenting a risk to livestock, just close off air.

 

[Maybaer]

Thanks for the help. I'll practice a little patience and give it some more time.

 

[avshockey311]

First of all, what treatment did you use? Most products, like Chemi-Clean call for the skimmer to be turned off during treatment.

 

[Maybaer]

I don't remember what brand it was and the directions didn't indicate that I should turn off the skimmer. I did turn it off after it had started to foam. The next day I took it out and thoroughly cleaned it with hot water. It foamed less but still foamed nonetheless. It has been producing about 3/4 of a cup of very light skimmate daily.