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bigyankfan

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After all these years in the hobby I got my first NEW skimmer - here is my question: does it take a while for a new skimmer to start to produce skimmate? If yes - generally how long? It is producing foam, just not enough to make it to the collection cup and it is a Marineland 300. Thx.
 

Lenny718

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Lenny,

Do you have it in a chamber in your sump with a constant water level?
That's the problem. I have the aqueon Proflex model 1 sump and it only has 3 chambers. First chamber is where the filter socks are, second chamber is the refugium section and the third chamber is where the return pump and skimmer is. For some reason when the skimmer is on the water level in the third chamber goes up and down and doesn't stay at a constant level. I was thinking of putting the skimmer in the second chamber where my refugium is but the water level is to high for the skimmer to run. I took the skimmer off line about 2 weeks ago cause I was so frustrated with it, I may need to look in to getting a different sump but I have the Marineland 45 cube and the space under the stand is VERY limited.
 

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