AmberL
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My skimmer had been functioning fine for the past 7 months, when I bought it new. It's a Reef Octopus 180.
Last week it started overreacting (overflowing massive amounts of water and bubbles into the skimmer cup). I haven't changed anything (no new additives, water level is the same). What can cause this? We took the skimmer out and disassembled it. There wasn't a blockage or anything we can see. The only way it functions normally is if I drop the water level about an inch from where it has always been (it's marked with a line, so I'm not just guessing). What can cause a skimmer to just start over-reacting? It is time to change my media in my phosphate reactor (I use Sea Gel), but I don't think that could be the culprit, could it?
Thanks for your input!
Last week it started overreacting (overflowing massive amounts of water and bubbles into the skimmer cup). I haven't changed anything (no new additives, water level is the same). What can cause this? We took the skimmer out and disassembled it. There wasn't a blockage or anything we can see. The only way it functions normally is if I drop the water level about an inch from where it has always been (it's marked with a line, so I'm not just guessing). What can cause a skimmer to just start over-reacting? It is time to change my media in my phosphate reactor (I use Sea Gel), but I don't think that could be the culprit, could it?
Thanks for your input!