Skimmer acts crazy at night...

[Tonyscoots84]

hey guys i had my skimmer running all day and it was performing great...
when the lights shut off and i had my actnics on my skimmer goes nuts...

i woke this morning to an overflowing skimmer.. this is like the 3rd time this has happened any reason why this would happen.. the level in the skimmer chamber is constant and i did not add any top off water into that chamber in fear that it will overflow when i was sleeping... now its just making its own bubbles that rise all the way up to the top of it and is making a dry bubble skimmate any reason why...

i have the output piece sitting above the water not submerged... any help will be greatly appreciated... thanks in advance guys..

 

[drunktank]

maybe ur fish only poop at night

 

[Tonyscoots84]

maybe ur fish only poop at night

lolz i wish it was that easy..... could it be the outflow from the skimmer is not submerged, should it be since i have constant water in that area.. it never changes...

 

[drunktank]

wat kind of skimmer?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

ASM G3.... im gonna do a water change in a lil bit..

 

[Deanos]

i woke this morning to an overflowing skimmer...

...now its just making its own bubbles that rise all the way up to the top of it and is making a dry bubble skimmate any reason why...

Please clarify :type:: If your skimmer is overflowing, there's no way it's making dry skimmate. The skimmer cup will be full of clear tankwater.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

it was full of clear tankwater and now i cleaned it out and i have no control of the bubbles in the riser cup.. it just bubbles all the way up to the tip of the inside and then produces a bubble skimmate..

 

[Deanos]

How do you control the water level inside the skimmer? Gate valve mod or riser pipe? Either way, I'd drop the level inside the skimmer manually...i.e...open the gate valve until the bubble level drops.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i use the gate valve deanos.. and as of now its produces a bubble skimmate... i guess its gotta take out wateva out of the water 1st and will return back to normal once its done.. i hope.. it dont make any sense why i have absolutely no control watsoever on the skimmer....i have the gate valve opened all the way and the bubbles inside the skimmer are rising all the way up not overflowing but rising.. were if it was functioning normal the bubbles would be very low inside the skimmer.

 

[Deanos]

Even with the gate valve wide open, the bubbles are still rising because there's something in the water increasing surface tension of the bubbles. Additives like Stress Coat are notorious for causing skimmers to overflow.

Maybe your inverts are spawning at night?! :bunnies:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

thats a good possiblity.... the only thing i have in there is carbon and a polypfilter.. thanks deanos i am gonna do a water change and see where it goes from there.. ill keep you all informed... a bunch of headaches... lolz

 

[DevIouS]

Epoxy putty did that to my skimmer.

It's definitely something in the water, not the skimmer.

 

[cali_reef]

Do you feed your tank at night? maybe before you go to bed?

 

[Deanos]

It's definitely something in the water

 

[Tonyscoots84]

ohh wait could this have been it.. i put my hand in my tank last night to fix a powerhead but i made sure i cleaned my hands and my arms very good before i put my hands in the tank... made sure there was no soap or anything.. could of that been the problem..

 

[scarf_ace1981]

Maybe your inverts are spawning at night?! :bunnies:

that's what i was thinking. inverts or corals maybe.

 

[Deanos]

could of that been the problem..

It could be, but you said this has happened repeatedly. Are you repeatedly putting your hands in the tank before lights out and then asking us for reasons why its happening?! Don't make me bring out the guillotine! :skull:

 

[scarf_ace1981]

neat little toy

 

[Tonyscoots84]

It could be, but you said this has happened repeatedly. Are you repeatedly putting your hands in the tank before lights out and then asking us for reasons why its happening?! Don't make me bring out the guillotine! :skull:

no please nooooooooooo.. lolzz

hey deanos is that what u use to make frags... damn that must take up alot of space.. hehehehe

i guess i will never no what the exact problem is.. cause its still bubbling the same way and gate valve is opened all the way...

 

[Tonyscoots84]

so its eitha my hands or my corals and inverts are :bunnies: in the tank constantly this is awesome... ronen and ink ill be making some movies for u guys.. lmao