bubble magus 5 overflowing

[Arronpsw]

I don't know why when I place it in newly mixed salt water it doesn't overflow but it overflows immediately when placed in my sump

[xiggie]

A picture of the skimmer in the sump would be good.

[I love angel]

A video will be even better....

[Arronpsw]

Okay will send later

[Arronpsw]

I'm somehow unable to send a video or a picture

[CKL]

Regulating the air intake might help. I also just added a BM curve 5 to my 4 feet tank over the weekend. Same issue faced. After adjusting the control valve and water height yield no result, I tried adjusting the air intake and somewhat it seems to do the trick. As mine is a new tank breaking in with livestocks added at the same time, probably further adjustments have to be made along the way.

[Arronpsw]

Wow, I just turned it on again and suddenly it's not overflowing again. It's pulling out pretty light skimmate but I guess that's because there's nothing in the tank. So strange hoe skimmers work, I didn't adjust anything at all

[Martian]

Wow, I just turned it on again and suddenly it's not overflowing again. It's pulling out pretty light skimmate but I guess that's because there's nothing in the tank. So strange hoe skimmers work, I didn't adjust anything at all

Bro... You can try to clean your skimmer cup and try again. The overflow may come back. The cleanliness of the surface of the cup also plays an important role. Normally a clean cup will produce more skimmate.

[Arronpsw]

Oh okay will try now

[Arronpsw]

Hi guys, so my skimmer had veen doing great for a few days and it skimmed a lot. However, I turned it off 2 days ago and now when I just turned it back on the micro bubbles that were supposed to be produced by the skimmer disappeared and only a couple of large bubbles were formed. I took apart the whole thing and it was working just fine when I placed it into a new batch of salt water I mixed. The only thing I did during the few days was top the tank off with ro di water and that's it.

[Arronpsw]

It also makes this pulsing noise

[xiggie]

So izzit working or not?

[Arronpsw]

It doesn't work in the sump but works in newly mixed salt water

[xiggie]

What's the Salinity of your main tank n sump water?

[CookieCrunch]

Can we have a picture of your tank and sump .

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[Arronpsw]

the sump also got micro bubbles due to the skimmer

[xiggie]

A picture will me a big help. If you r using a phone to view this, go to full version , and resize your picture before posting them.

[CookieCrunch]

Have you tried tuning the dial again ? Try playing around with that to see if there's any change

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[Arronpsw]

I already tried and I realised that there are a lot of micro bubbles escaping

[xiggie]

Can't see anything .. Need pic of bottom of skimmer and the intake..

[xiggie]

Please check , the output of the pump must be blowing at the part without the holes . As in picture.

[Arronpsw]

[xiggie]

If bubbles are too big , then. Check salinity or dismantle pump and check the impeller for foreign objects..

[CookieCrunch]

Seems to me like either your water level is too high, or maybe you should take out the air tube to clean it as some salt contents are blocking the air passage .

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[Arronpsw]

I cleaned everything alright and the height is still the same as always