jmetz32 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I have a sca 302 cone skimmer... I pm'd jadams7 already cause he has one.. but haven't heard back yet so i thought i would go ahead and see if anyone else had suggestions cause its unplugged now just sitting there. problem: The dial that adjusts the level in the skimmer seems non effective.... the dial is the blue pipe.. skimmer keeps overflowing... the pipe dial even overflows... like foam overflows from the dial tube ( top of blue pipe) any ideas how to fix this? it was running fine till i unplugged it and turned it back on after changing out power strips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Might be able to help give me a call... 503-969-2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Bump this up.. Took it out. Cleaned it. Ran it in freshwater overnight. But ran it today and it still wouldn't stop overflowing and dial is basically useless for setting level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadams7 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 How deep of water is the skimmer sitting in? If it is in too deep that may be why it is overflowing. We have different models, but mine tends to run good in about 7-8" of water. Are you getting lots of bubbles, or is most of whats in the skimmer just water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Mine is in 7-8" as well... I'm getting a Ton of bubbles.. Like too much ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burningbaal Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 is there a restriction in the outlet plumbing? if something is blocking the flow (like electrokate's crab, except that was in a pump), you'd get overflow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Nothingis blocking it... I took it out and cleaned it yesterday and an it n freshwater over night and t adjusted well in freshwater. It's like there is too many bubbles and they can't get out of the skimmer fast enough.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefStar Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Give me a call. Pm you with my number. Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadams7 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Maybe try it in even less water, or try completely blocking off the air line to the venturi and adjust down with the blue pipe. Does your blue pipe taper off on one end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 i think the problem is that the skimmer output( the bottom of the T) is too close to the ground so im getting back flow...... but im not sure why it was working fine untill i added foam to my overflow? why would this change it? hah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 so i raised skimmer about 2 inches..... and set dial so it was all the way open... the bubble level was at the neck and the blue dial was still overflowing out the top.... idk what else to do.... except take the foam out of my overflow? but i dont see how that even effects the skimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 so i raised skimmer about 2 inches..... and set dial so it was all the way open... the bubble level was at the neck and the blue dial was still overflowing out the top.... idk what else to do.... except take the foam out of my overflow? but i dont see how that even effects the skimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 so i raised skimmer about 2 inches..... and set dial so it was all the way open... the bubble level was at the neck and the blue dial was still overflowing out the top.... idk what else to do.... except take the foam out of my overflow? but i dont see how that even effects the skimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadams7 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 What foam did you put in there? Is it new foam? Maybe it's causing the skimmer to go nuts for some reason. I'd take the foam out and give the skimmer a few days without messing with it much. Mine doesn't kick bubbles out into the rest of my sump so it's got to be something that can be fixed in some way. You could also contact the eBay seller. He may have a better idea of what you could do. I've dealt with him before and he was always helpful when he got back to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 woah triple post.... just some matress type foam from fred meyer. i took foam out and there was no real change.... i didnt leave it overnight or anything.. im going to disassemble it tomorrow and put it back together and see if that works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbird Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Maybe some thing leached out of the foam. If its not ment for aquarium use it may have some sort of additive like a fungiside or something else. My skimmer went absoulutly crazy when I added some stress coat. It shot water right through the top of it (scary) but after several days it seemed to catch all the stress coat out of the water and everything calmed down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisW Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I second the foam addition. Try removing the foam and then running a good amount of carbon and water change or two. Might take a few days but skimmer should return to normal. Dennis PS: If you don't normally run carbon, be careful about about light shock when the water clears up. Maybe move you lights up if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Hmmm that is what I'm going to try next... I really like the foam though, makes it so much quieter.. Oh well. What do you mean about light shock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Foam taken out. Doing 15% water change now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burningbaal Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 where exactly was the foam and what was it silencing? the weir into the overflow box in the DT? the drain into the sump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Do you run carbon and/or GFO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Foam was in overflow box around drain pipes. Inside overflow box. Silencing sucking noise and falling water. Worked well. Running carbon pads and carbon crystals in bags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I didn't see your post about carbon before to post mine. Try removing carbon for a few days. If it works, find another carbon source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burningbaal Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 for the noise, you could run your overflow box fuller (with a taller durso pipe, keep the siphon short assuming the sump has enough room for the extra volume). that'll kill the falling water noise as for the sucking noise, are you running a durso and a siphon or just two open pipes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 Open pipes... Thinking about doing durso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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