Skimmer not foaming

[den75]

So I come home from work this week to find my skimmer not producing any foam. Water is pumping, but not foaming at all. Took everything apart and cleaned it, put it all back together with no improvement? Any ideas?? It's a Reef Octopus SSINT 3000

 

[Aqualund]

check and make sure where the air tube connects to the venturi fitting that the hole within the fitting is not caked with salt inside.

 

[den75]

Checked all that. It's clean

 

[den75]

It's just not sucking any air. I can blow though the air tube just fine with no restrictions.

 

[lpsouth1978]

I guess that if everything is clean with no obstructions, but you can blow through it, you could always plug a small air pump into the air intake and force a little bit of air into it. I would put a valve on the air line if you do this, so you can control the amount of air entering the skimmer.

 

[den75]

I guess I could do that short term, but need to find the real reason and a permanent solution

 

[sbeason]

You could post in the skimmer section of coralvue and let Chris help you out.