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11-03-2007, 01:12 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2007
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 |  Overflowing skimmer
Hello everyone,new to this forum but been reading it for a while,good people.
I have a 34g Red Sea max aquarium up and running now for about 2 and a half months.I recieved a couple of clown fish from a nephew of mine(how could you say no)and noticed one had some white slime on its body,removed carbon filter and turned of protein skimmer and added some Melafix to start the med process.The next day the little guy didnt make,I wasent surprised but my question is how long does it take to turn on the skimmer back on as it keeps overflowing with clear white foam after one treatment of Melafix(also put back carbon filter) Its been 3 days now,any thoughts? | 
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11-03-2007, 04:00 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
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Am not familiar with effects of your medication...but sounds to me like you might need a couple back to back good sized water changes.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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11-03-2007, 04:03 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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When you turn a skimmer back on it usually takes it 48 hours to stablize. Can you adjust the skimmer back a bit so it doesn't overflow and then in 2 days start to adjust it up again. _________ 125gal Reef/Fish,40gal sump,Reefmania calcium reactor,MH,UVH,Moon,Aquazone plus 100,Auto Topoff,CoraLife 125 skimmer,GHL Profilux computer & special effects lighting.
Fish:Coral Beauty,Yellow Wrasse,African Clown Wrasse,BiColor Anglefish,Banded Goby,Psycodelic Mandarin Goby,Spotfin Angelfish
Inverts:Long-spinned Urchin,Crowned Urchin,Feather Dusters,Fire shrimp,Banded Shrimp,Brittle Star,snails
Corals:Cup,Frogspawn,Pink Open Brain,Yellow Dot
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11-03-2007, 08:52 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Our Tunze 9010 returns right back to proper operations after turning it off, but after feeding the tank or having our hands in the tank it may take up to an hour to return to normal operations... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
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2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
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11-03-2007, 10:13 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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adjust the skimmer and also water changes...they are a godsend in terms of inhibiting things from going wrong and establishing a somewhat normal level in terms of water parameters amoung others. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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