Yeah, I plugged it in last night, and within minutes I had froth climbing up the collection cup.. after I fed the tank and got my hands in there this morning, nothing is happening. Not its 9:44 and I still have not got any more into the collection cup; in fact, it is struggling to reach the cup. I took out the pump and sprayed it out before work, and still nothing is happening!!!
turbo flotor multi sl problem
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maroun.c
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I would make sure that the O ring under the neck connection is not damaged maybe try to lubricate it. mine has been running since more than a year. also make sure hte collection cup is securely inserted... other than that you should look for a crack or other in the skimmer body.
Confused...
Confused...
I am so confused after reading the original poster's (OP) comments...
If you are running the skimmer IN your sump, how are you getting a "puddle" after 24 hours?
I wish we had a photo so everyone could see how it is installed.
There have been numerous suggestions about the outflow adjustments, but I'm not sure if the OP ever acknowledged that he understands those black knobs are how you adjust the skimmer!
I have one of those skimmers in my frag tank, running it externally, with just the feed pump inside the tank. It works great...
I just have a suspicion that the pump still isn't configured right on OP's skimmer. It doesn't sound like the factory setup...maybe the previous owner kluged it up - admittedly the instructions are pretty sorry...
LL
Confused...
I am so confused after reading the original poster's (OP) comments...
If you are running the skimmer IN your sump, how are you getting a "puddle" after 24 hours?
I wish we had a photo so everyone could see how it is installed.
There have been numerous suggestions about the outflow adjustments, but I'm not sure if the OP ever acknowledged that he understands those black knobs are how you adjust the skimmer!
I have one of those skimmers in my frag tank, running it externally, with just the feed pump inside the tank. It works great...
I just have a suspicion that the pump still isn't configured right on OP's skimmer. It doesn't sound like the factory setup...maybe the previous owner kluged it up - admittedly the instructions are pretty sorry...
LL
maroun.c
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I guess he did confirm finding out those knobs and seemed like he was able to control it.
Here are some pics of how mine was set in my sump. the skimmer is in the return section however the pump and outpout are in the drain section where water level stays constant and where the baffles deal with any airbubles it creates. guess if you can install yours this way any leaks or overflow will go in the sump.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1368220&perpage=&pagenumber=2
Here are some pics of how mine was set in my sump. the skimmer is in the return section however the pump and outpout are in the drain section where water level stays constant and where the baffles deal with any airbubles it creates. guess if you can install yours this way any leaks or overflow will go in the sump.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1368220&perpage=&pagenumber=2
I am sorry for the confusion, and I have no idea how to post pics on here. I can post them on another site, and then place the link here. The skimmer is not all the way in the sump, it is set up externally to it. The pump is set up where the water drains into the sump, though. I have the skimmer sitting in a plastic container outside of the sump for overflow purposes, or better yet, the leaking that I am getting. I understand the control knobs, and have been messing with them after getting the pump set up correctly. I am pretty sure it is set up right; the lfs did it for me. I am getting thousands of the microbubbles in the chamber of the skimmer, but they are not moving at all into the collection cup, and they have not been for about 24 hours. I am beginning to think that the leak is taking away from the pressure built up in the chamber, and preventing the bubbles from rising into the collection.
I can not find this leak, I think it is on the very bottom where the adjustment screws are located for hanging the skimmer... I am also not sure of where exactly the oring is located, I do not see one, but I am not getting any leakage around the top at all, and the collection cup fits firmly on.
Turn the skimmer off; remove the collection cup - there should be a rubber O-ring between the collection cup and the neck of the skimmer. If no O-ring, you've discovered your problem...
Look around, sometime it comes off unnoticed - I've done it myself several times... you need to have that o-ring in place for proper operation and to remain leak-free.
If that's not the problem, let us know.
LL
is the oring supposed to be in that little crack that the collection cup fits into? if so, I do not see how you can tell if it is in there... that crack is so skinny, and if there is a oring in there, it just blends right in. I need a picture to be able to tell where exactly I am looking. As of now, I do not think I see an oring. Thank you for trying to help me out.
maroun.c
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will take a pic of the O ring and post by tomorrow when back home. if O ring is not there that would definitely cause some leaking as well as decreasing the pressure that lifts the bubbles up.
I would alwo check those screws you can tighten or loosen to attach on the plastic tubes: try loosening those and make sure the tube is not max out asd it might cause some leaking. will also explain it better by pics tomorrow as it sure is hard to explain in typing...
also if you can fit the skimmer in teh return partition lime mine that would be a lot better as sometimes after a feed skimmer would go crazy for hours and if it's allowed to overflow outside there's always the risk of it filling that cup you say it's in and flooding your floor or maybe decreasing water level in your return area...
I would alwo check those screws you can tighten or loosen to attach on the plastic tubes: try loosening those and make sure the tube is not max out asd it might cause some leaking. will also explain it better by pics tomorrow as it sure is hard to explain in typing...
also if you can fit the skimmer in teh return partition lime mine that would be a lot better as sometimes after a feed skimmer would go crazy for hours and if it's allowed to overflow outside there's always the risk of it filling that cup you say it's in and flooding your floor or maybe decreasing water level in your return area...
If it was in there, you would see it clearly when you take the collection cup off. Sometimes it sticks to the skimmer; some times it sticks to the cup... that's how I dropped mine more than once...
LL
maroun.c
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Here are some pics finally so you can see things better:
control knobbs which I assume you know how to use by now in blue arrows
in the red arrow marker on the knobb position if line is pointing perpendicular to tube flow is restricted which elevates the water level in the skimmer and gives you a wetter skimmate.
O ring arrow points to where it sits in the skimmer body
sometimes when yo upick the collection cup it goes with it
so check on the collection cup and in the skimmer body for an O ring. you might be able to find an oring of that size in any hardwarestore, take the collection cup with you and find an O ring that fits snuggly on it.
here's how my skimmer sits in my sump:
it sits in the return section however pump and output are in the drain section where water level is constant and where baffles deal with the microbubbles it emits...
blue arrow points tot he extended neck which sometimes helps with overflowing skimmers or skimmers skimming really wet.
on the other hand sometimes it will make your skimmate too dry so the neck of the colection sup will get covered with dark skimmate and skimmer will loose efficiency. try to set your skimmer to a level where you collect around 1/4 to 1/2 cup before the neck gets clogged.
In my case I just run it full wet as I have another skimmer in the back set to skim a bit dryer...
control knobbs which I assume you know how to use by now in blue arrows
in the red arrow marker on the knobb position if line is pointing perpendicular to tube flow is restricted which elevates the water level in the skimmer and gives you a wetter skimmate.
O ring arrow points to where it sits in the skimmer body
sometimes when yo upick the collection cup it goes with it
so check on the collection cup and in the skimmer body for an O ring. you might be able to find an oring of that size in any hardwarestore, take the collection cup with you and find an O ring that fits snuggly on it.
here's how my skimmer sits in my sump:
it sits in the return section however pump and output are in the drain section where water level is constant and where baffles deal with the microbubbles it emits...
blue arrow points tot he extended neck which sometimes helps with overflowing skimmers or skimmers skimming really wet.
on the other hand sometimes it will make your skimmate too dry so the neck of the colection sup will get covered with dark skimmate and skimmer will loose efficiency. try to set your skimmer to a level where you collect around 1/4 to 1/2 cup before the neck gets clogged.
In my case I just run it full wet as I have another skimmer in the back set to skim a bit dryer...
