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Old 02-11-2006, 02:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I have a Coralife super skimmer 220 and it was running fine, but last night when I put in the mag 9.5 and flood my sump, it went crazy. I did unplug it for a few seconds last night and I took out the skimmer pump to clean it.

Now, the foam in the riser-tube (the tube that's in the collection cup) is not stable, it fluctuate about 1" to 2". Any ideas why this is happening? Is it broken?

Also, I just add more sand and it's cloudy right now.

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Old 02-11-2006, 02:28 PM   #2 (permalink)
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i would wait for the sand to settle before i made in real decisions. it will prolly be ok


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Old 02-11-2006, 02:35 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Yep silt in the water will make a skimmer go nutzo.


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whew...i thought i had to fork out more money .

I just had my first and second sump overflow last night. I spilled about 8-10 gal of SW on my carpet. I am gonna take down my sump after the sand settle and cut one of the baffle down 2" to 3" to make more room for future "accident".

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Old 02-11-2006, 04:08 PM   #5 (permalink)
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it sucks when that happens i have done it once too.
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