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10-06-2005, 02:47 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: IL Age: 34
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  |  Chemi-clean blow up HELP!!!!
Treated my 90gal, followed directions to a T'e and Skimmer explosion. I have since last Friday 10/01 have done 3 x 20gallon water changes and my skimmer is still blowing it's top. All my levels are on the money. This is starting to worry me for there is nothing but a bunch of micro-bubble in my cloudy tank.
Someone please help with this one. | 
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10-06-2005, 03:23 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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| Re: Chemi-clean blow up HELP!!!!
I remember reading several threads about his earlier in the year and here are some of the links. Hope it helps Just added Chemi-clean........... CRAZY AIR BUBBLES
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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10-06-2005, 04:03 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Wheaton, Illinois
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| Re: Chemi-clean blow up HELP!!!!
As a practice when doing any kind of treatment or feeding you should **** of your skimmer. I have experience only to go on here but it seems that all the products used to kill algea seem to really make the skimmers go insaneand it takes days of being shut down to get it back to normal. But this goes for feeding the tank if the skimmers on it will pull what ever food or supplement out of the water leading to under feeding or worse yet over feeding by having to add what the skimmer pulls out in more frequent feedings. If you dont want to shut down the skimmer at least target feed it helps a little _________  Starting over with a 210 RR from All Glass, Lifereef Berlin sump, skimmer (installed) and calcium reactor (ordered). Aquatraders Catalina 72" 3x400 mh 10 k/4x96 watt blue PC, Closed Loop with Little Giant 4MDQX-SC and 2- 3/4 Seaswirls. | |
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10-06-2005, 06:40 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: Chemi-clean blow up HELP!!!!
Hey Phil...now I am sure you meant to say "Shut off your skimmer" in that first line there...LOL!!!  Little freudian slip, eh! _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch | |
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10-07-2005, 04:05 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Wheaton, Illinois
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| Re: Chemi-clean blow up HELP!!!!
oh my god nice catch LOL | |
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10-08-2005, 04:55 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: IL Age: 34
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| Re: Chemi-clean blow up HELP!!!!
Well, I have shut down my skimmer on Thursday night and the water cleared right up, I am going to do another water change later today after worrk and clean out my skimmer pump then go from there. | |
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