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08-27-2007, 01:33 AM
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| Plankton Join Date: Aug 2007
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  |  Protein Skimmer and bubbles Hi, I have had my protein skimmer running for about two days now and have managed to pick up no gunk at all. My collection cup is empty. Is this normal? The other thing is I have heaps of little bubbles in the tank now that I have the skimmer running. Have i set this thing up right?  |
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08-27-2007, 01:49 AM
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| Montipora Capricornis  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 32
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   | it will take at least 1 week for most protien skimmers to tune in and start taking crap outta the water or your tank is still new and you are cycling so you wouldnt have any bioload to skim!  _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby, Zoanthids(orange and yellow) Hammer coral , red and blue coralmorphs.  Got Questions? Need Answers?  |
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08-27-2007, 01:56 PM
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| Bangghai Cardinal  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 49
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  | Curmon, What protein skimmer are you using? I finally found the solution for my bubble problems, I now have zero bubbles....I replaced the sponge that came with my skimmer which acts as as a bubble diffuser with a more porous sponge(aqua clear) and placed a new micro bacg from a whisper filter in the bottom of the bubble diffuser cup. _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS 2 Percs 1 Chevron Tang Hippo Tang Six Line Wrasse Coral Banded Shrimp Starry Blenny 3 Lyretail Anthias Coral Variety 150 Gallon fish only Christmas Tree Wrasse Small dogface puffer Spotted Hawkfish A few of clowns Baby Blue Hippo Royal Gramma 55 gallon 2 Clown(,mated) 1 Coral Beauty Dwarf Lion Cardinal "The more you learn, the more acutely aware you become of your ignorance" |
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08-27-2007, 09:08 PM
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| I have a jebo 180 skimmer. I'm a little ignorant about them to be honest as this is my first foray into marine set ups. I wouldn't even know what parts are what. The instructions were difficult to follow so I used the picture on the box to set it up. |
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08-27-2007, 09:10 PM
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| Bangghai Cardinal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 49
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| Curmon, I know the feeling most,if not all skimmers come with poor if no instructions. What is the brand of skimmer? |
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08-31-2007, 05:00 AM
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| I have a Jebo and am also new to this but from what I've read, let it run for a couple of weeks. The local fish told me to open the air valve completely and turn the outlet valve down to slow the amount of bubbles. I did that and the bubbles haven't decreased any. I like the idea of the sponge from BaxterS80 but have no idea where on earth to put it. Then also heard that putting a piece of stocking over the outlet valve would help. But alas, I'm still scanning the many forums on that one. It would also help if someone could tell me, do I need an external canister filter, small internal pump as well as the skimmer?? Seems like I'm building an ecosystem for pumps rather than fish. Cheers Jill |
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08-31-2007, 06:06 AM
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| Fire Goby  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 36
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| you need water movement but if your filter and skimmer move enough water then you don't need any extra pumps.for certain corals you will need strong water movement.it depends what your putting in there. _________ 55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,mushrooms,lavendar frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos, orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans.mandarin goby |
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08-31-2007, 06:25 AM
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| Thanks Ziggy222, I have a coral base (not fine sand) so I guess I need the pumps? It's a 120 litre tank with 1 clownfish, 2 yellow tailed damsels, 4 domino damsels, 1 snail and the two worms. Oh and about 12 kilos of LR. |
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08-31-2007, 07:48 AM
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| 3reef Moderator  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC,Canada
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   | A quick Google search came up with this actually from 3REEF Yes most skimmers need a break in period. J _________  started 8/7/02 370G 3x400W MH + 8X36W T5. 30G Refugium, Bubble king 300Ext, Profilux with 3x Doser, 2x Wavy Seas for return. OM 4-Way Closed loop. My Tank Thread Try a Search to see if your question has already been posted My Tank Blog |
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08-31-2007, 05:22 PM
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| Plankton Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Orleans Age: 44
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| Hello, I have a jebo skimmer , first time i used a skimmer it took about a week before it started pulling nasty green gunk out of water, but mine looks like its working rather well now , i added more air tubes to it and it has alot of bubbles , give it a little time to break in. |
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