Protein Skimmer Constantly Overflowing

[gabbagabbawill]

ticked- look up closed loop plumbing systems. If you have your drains plumbed the way I think you do, then the pressure gradient can be different coming from each drain. I would think something as simple as an air bubble could affect it... or maybe the gravitational pull of the moon, who knows?

I know that it seems like a last resort... I wouldn't want to redo plumbing if I were you either... but it's worth looking into.

 

[cabrego]

The only thing that matters is that the water level in the skimmer section stay constant.


Cleaning the skimmer is a good idea but didnt u do that already?

 

[SeriouslyTicked]

I have not cleaned the skimmer itself, only the air intake hose. I do that maybe every other week.

 

[SeriouslyTicked]

I finally was able to get a picture posted. Not sure if it's too late or not. What's not visible in the picture is a third drain behind the skimmer. This is where 100% of one of the overflows dumps into. The other overflow goes into the "Y" setup that you see in the picture.

Another person also mentioned to me that there could be something spawning in the tank that would cause the skimmer to overflow.

http://www.tarno.net/gallery2/main.php/FishTank/sdc12161.jpg.html