i just got a used coralife superskimmer 65 and i am having a few issues, i also have an idea or two that i would like to run by everyone. i know since the skimmer hasn't been used for a while i am going to have a micro bubble issue it has lessened but still has some (started skimming yesterday afternoon). i also have an issue with bigger bubble that are being introduced to the tank, i know it wont hurt anything but i would like it to run smooth and silent. this skimmer is on a 29 gallon and the pump for the skimmer is so strong, i think i could get away with splitting the return line and taking out my powerheads. the back pressure might help with the big bubbles but i am unsure.
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no i didnt get that so i have diy it. but i did restricted the air flow on the out line by knotting a piece of tubing and covering the air-intake for the outline. but i am still wondering if you think i can use the skimmer as my main source of flow?
Ok, here's what i did to solve the micro-bubble issue until ti went away...
I got a bag of blue cut-to-size filter floss, and cut out a piece to fit in the sump-box and filter all water between the skimmer and my sump-pump, thereby trapping the microbubbles and preventing them from being blown out my sand-bed level water returns. Fortunately, my sump box's design happened to have been conducive to doing just this, but maybe this might work for you too. I actually leave the floss in all the time now, even though the bubbles aren't a problem... It's actually a piece of floss followed by a Polyfilter and then a piece of eggcrate to keep the whole arrangement vertical and off my Mag
I got a bag of blue cut-to-size filter floss, and cut out a piece to fit in the sump-box and filter all water between the skimmer and my sump-pump, thereby trapping the microbubbles and preventing them from being blown out my sand-bed level water returns. Fortunately, my sump box's design happened to have been conducive to doing just this, but maybe this might work for you too. I actually leave the floss in all the time now, even though the bubbles aren't a problem... It's actually a piece of floss followed by a Polyfilter and then a piece of eggcrate to keep the whole arrangement vertical and off my Mag
IMA be very carefull with restricting flow or adding back pressure to the super skimmers, they will overflow if backpressure is envolved. Try a google search for super skimmer mods which will help with that issue, if nothing comes up do a search on RC.
Thanks Bryan, I get good ideas sometimes. I'd had my skimmer sitting in my sump for sometime, hoping it would slime up a bit on it's own, which it did; problem was, it wasn't enough, and when it came time to need it it was still producing a fair amount of fine bubbles being blown all through my tank right from the level of the sand-bed. I was looking at my sump box and realized it had little acrylic slots in it the a piece of egg-crate fit in, and I had just</em> enough room to lide in the egg-crate and some filter-media inbetween the skimmer and Mag, if I angeled everything just so. Now it's doing a great job of making 100% certain that nothing fouls the mag and that all water absolutely must pass over my polyfilter. I don't know anything about "Superskimmers", but the air-line on my skimmer sits well up above the water-line... As I understand it, it's supposed to be able to pull in air to mix into the venturi and cause the bubbling/frothing action that pulls the protein up out of the water.
