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Old 03-21-2007, 08:54 AM   #11 (permalink)
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This is totally normal. Your skimmer will continue to go crazy. Just give it another day or 2. Just replace the water the skimmer takes out and it will get back to normal soon. I used to use it every month just before a water change just to clean out my system. It worked very well. I was only putting in a tiny bit when i did this but had good success.


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Old 03-21-2007, 11:14 AM   #12 (permalink)
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cool. thanks
do you have the preskimmer/buble trap for your aquac? mine is still putting alot of bubbles in my tank after 1 month...
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I used to have a little but since then i put it into a fuge with a divider to trap the bubbles. So it is no longer an issue. The bubble trap filter worked ok when I used it but I hated the fact that I was alwasy checking the water level and worring about the pump burning up from drying out.
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I am far from being an expert at this hobby but I am learning from all of you and from my own experiences. I had a terrible problem with cyano to the point I thought about getting out of this hobby. I vaccumed my sand bed and tried to remove as much as I could from the sand bed then I added the red slime remover to my 20% water change. I turned my protein skimmer off for about an hour. The next day I changed all my biofilters, etc.. About 10 days later I had to add a little water maybe like 5% but that was it. I did not want to do another water change as long as everything was fine because I might remove what I put in there to cure my problem. Other factors do play an important role as well. I increased my water flow, cut down on my feedings and the lights. All is well right now, my tank looks wonderful. I hope things work out for you!!
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The foaming is totally normal and will go away in a day or two.


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