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    Default What is up with my skimmer ??

    My skimmer has been like this for about a month now. The water is half way up the neck, than the foam. It's hardly producing any gunk. I've tried to adjust it, it just gets more water up in the neck. Is this normal ?


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    Turn the pump feeding it down. You have to much water going into the pump
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    The skimmer sits in my refugium. You mean the pump that pumps back to the tank ? Why would it all of a sudden start doing this after all this time ?

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    Isn't there a pump that feeds the skimmer?
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    The pump feeding the skimmer, you are getting to much water in it. Skimmer water level and move around, one reason I do not have a skimmer.
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    The pump is in the skimmer.

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    last time you cleaned it?
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    About 3 weeks ago.

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    has the water level in sump increased?
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    It was doing that, we cleaned it 3 weeks ago and it is still doing it. Before that, it was working good.

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