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Did anyone experience a skimmer suddenly stopped from producing skimmate after running normal for several weeks? The bubbles and and waterflow look like the same as before. The skimmer is prizm. Is it normal for this skimmer or other skimmer? Does this mean that there is nothing to skim?

Please help advise.

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Did anyone experience a skimmer suddenly stopped from producing skimmate after running normal for several weeks? The bubbles and and waterflow look like the same as before. The skimmer is prizm. Is it normal for this skimmer or other skimmer? Does this mean that there is nothing to skim?

Please help advise.

Yes that can be an indication that the water is too clean... however I doubt that's the main reason. Prizm is not a bad skimmer, but it's not super efficient either. So it will be quite impossible for it so totally skim everything from the water unless your LS been depleting and you stopped feeding for a while.

You sure the bubble/foam is same as before? If there's an air intake, try to close it and open it. Even blow it real hard... possible clogging <_<

All the best :)

Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica

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ur water level might have dropped.

or there might be formation of calcium precipatate in ur skimmer.

air valve blocked??

2x1.5x1.5 tank

Lighting: AI hydra 52HD

Skimmer: Deltec SC 1455

Reactor: Minimax; rowaphos

Skimz  ; NP biopellets

Wave Maker: MP 40 WQD

Return pump: Eheim 1262

Chiller: Arctica 1/10 hp

 

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