Emergency!

boulderman1

boulderman1

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i just got my 37 gal tank going and for some reason, my skimmer water level won't stay down, it's too high and thus, overflows causing a leak, it's a Finnex PS-60, what am i doing wrong, how do i fix this, help ASAP

thanks
 
Did you recently use any additives such as a stress coat, mela/prima fix
 
no, i JUST set the tank up, it's been going for about 2 hrs.
 
You really shouldnt have the skimmer on then. But to ansew your question and explain that. Your water is still very new. You have no disolved organic compounds to skim. Your pump may be strong enough to push the water up that far as it will gain weight and density as you get a bio load. what are your water params?? Sg being of most intrest in this case??
 
i haven't tested yet b/c the salt hasn't even all dissolved yet so it would be pointless to test at this point
 
basically i need someone to tell me how to properly tune my skimmer (what the proper water levels should be) any pictures/diagrams would be great

thanks
 
I'll look around tomorrow and see what I can find you. Your skimmer will prolong your cycle if you use it to early just so you know. I'll look and see if I cant find you an online manual
 
ok, well i've kinda fixed the leak problem, not totally though, but now, the output is spewing tons of bubbles, i thought the output should just be water and not have so many bubbles, how is this fixed so that the skimmer doesn't turn my tank into nothing but bubbles? ugg, i suck at skimmers
 
Don't beat yourself up skimmers can be tricky. Each one has it's own little setting quirks. Like I said I will try to find you a manual tomorrow. If you want to get it sooner try google that is where I plan to start.
 
i think it just may be a bad skimmer, so do i:

-get a differnt one of the same model to see if it was a bad one

-return it and get a marineland seaclone

-return it and get a coralife super skimmer

-modify it somehow (need suggestions on that one)

thanks
 
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