In the past month or so my ASM skimmer has twice done something very odd. It is like it quit producing bubbles and shot a ton of water up the standpipe creating quite a mess. It is a GX4 so it stands really high and the outlet/exit is close to the bottom of the collection cup which is a couple of inches taller than my 75g sump.
Question #1 - anyone seen this before? Each time I just unplug it and it straightens up.
Question #2 - I never really understood why the pipe shot water straight out the top. I tried a gate valve once but it was loud, (I think) I used a T at the top. It was a few years ago with my G3, so I do not remember exactly. Tonight I added a couple of 90s to send the water back straight into the sump. Now to the question, that seemed make too much sense. Is there a reason that the water is not directed down as opposed to up? I thought it was just to kill the bubbles through a sponge (hopefully).
This is the first time that the ASM has been anything but perfect.
Question #1 - anyone seen this before? Each time I just unplug it and it straightens up.
Question #2 - I never really understood why the pipe shot water straight out the top. I tried a gate valve once but it was loud, (I think) I used a T at the top. It was a few years ago with my G3, so I do not remember exactly. Tonight I added a couple of 90s to send the water back straight into the sump. Now to the question, that seemed make too much sense. Is there a reason that the water is not directed down as opposed to up? I thought it was just to kill the bubbles through a sponge (hopefully).
This is the first time that the ASM has been anything but perfect.
