is it just me

[dj]

every one on here is fine with ajusting there skimmer so i must be dumb as hell i got a deltec multi external hang on skimmer mce600 today and i need your help badly people i set it up and its all in place and seems to be ok so i turn on the air valve and the fome goses mental overflowing badly i phone the guy in the shop saying what the hell he says turn it down a bit so i do then it dose not foam at all i then spend the next 4 hours ajusting the air intake and cant get it to stop over flowing or not fomeing at all no in the middle and another thing the out take is so fast the pore fish are haveing truble swiming lol so all in all i dont know what the hell to do its a mrareen tank 4ft buy 2ft buy 2 ft why is it fomeing like mad even tho i only just open the valve enuff to let the littleest amount of air in ive done a 25% water change and same old problem please help aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[JohnO]

Download these instructions, I think they refer to the problem

http://www.deltecaquariumsolutions.com/MCE600.PDF

John :-)

[dj]

no i have that it came with it and says nothing of the problem so menny bubles i cant controle it its a monster is it just the skimmer ? or me ?or water?
why is the out flow so big and aireated ?
ahhhhh please some one must know why im haveing this problem

[JohnO]

I think it's just settling in, have you been raising the cup?

John

[dj]

yes i got the cup as hi as it will go what do you meen buy settiling in ?is this commum thing to happen ?
what about the out let thats pumping out aireated water thats comeing out like a race horce takeing a long deserved p*** and has so much air in it the whole tank seems to be a mass of little bubles ?

[dj]

also ide like to add the guy in the shop told me the bubles should be brown well hes lieing cos all im getting is wight bubles

[JohnO]

A lot of skimmers need a period to settle in. The plastic components sometimes have a film on them that makes them go a bit hay wire to begin with. Once a bio-film develops on the skimmer internal surfaces they tend to calm down a bit.

On the web site I posted above it also said that you will get erratic behaviour if the tank have just been filled. It also mentions using a valve on the water intake pipe to reduce flow if what you are experiencing happens. The last two points are not on the instructtion sheet BTW :-) ( or at least I didn't see them ), but rather on the website.

John

[JohnO]

[quote author=dj link=board=Protein;num=1092700427;start=0#5 date=08/16/04 at 17:45:09]also ide like to add the guy in the shop told me the bubles should be brown well hes lieing cos all im getting is wight bubles[/quote]

The ' bubbles ' will always be white :-) Maybe your man was confused between the bubbles and the skimmate that they produce :-)

John

ps. Keep asking your questions here anyway, there a lot of people here who have had a lot more experience than I with skimmers, so if you are patient, others will also help with your probalem.

[dj]

well my probles are the flow comeing out has to much air in it and even at the lowest setting of air intake the bubles are overflowing badly help some one

[reefman_MC]

I agree with John on the settling in thing. It can take some skimmers almost a month to fully get worn in.