what can cause a skimmer to overflow?

[Jiggz]

hey guys my skimmer, a seaclone 100 (it actually works) is over flowing water into the collection cup? what can be done to make it stop? all i added to the tank was amquel+, liquid calcium, and kent superbuffer dkh. thanks.

 

[stewie24]

Skimmers are funny things. Sometimes if you feed, dose - (in your case probably the amquel +), or do anything out of the ordinary some/most skimmers will overflow.
I would suggest doing a water change and then turning the skimmer back on.
If you have the money, i'd ditch the seaclown and buy a coralife super skimmer 125 (needlewheel). There's a big thread on it with lots of pictures/feed back and the overall general consensus is it can't be beat for the price and is much better than prizm or seaclown skimmers.
Stewie

 

[Jiggz]

thanks for the info. im still saving up for a better skimmer so this is wut im stuck wit rite now but in all honesty it works pretty well. the thing is i dont wanna do another water change cuz i just did one yesterday. should i clean the skimmer instead? the manual says if this problem occurs to shut off the air valve all the way for a day so the things in the skimmer can break down. well i shut off the valve since yesterday and its still over flowing im thinking of just cleaning the whole unit.

 

[stainlessdonkey]

I drilled a hole in the side of my seaclone 100, put in a hose barb and some hose and drain it into a container. My collection cup was filling up every 2 days, but I have been skimmerless for 5 years and don't keep a "spiffy clean" tank if you know what I mean.