Is it possible that the ball valve has failed ?
What I mean to say is when the skimmer is gushing water, has the valve
somehow been forced wide open shooting the water level in the skimmer higher
than normal ?
-----Original Message-----
From: Shane Clays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 3:51 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Skimmer adjusments....
All,
Wondering if anyone else has had this problem, and if there is anything that
can be done about it. I have a red sea berlin skimmer (yes, I know) and it
seems to work okay. Here is the problem though. It will not produce any foam
for a couple of days, then all the sudden it goes nuts and dumps a bunch of
foam/water into the cup and overflows into the sump. I would use a 1 gallon
container to catch overflow, but the problem is that I really think it would
overflow that as well. I will let it go for days without any foam, then one
morning I will get up and it will be gushing water from the cup.
Sometimes it will work great for a few days, and pull really nasty dark crap
from the water, then whammy, one day (or night) I will peak in and it will
just be gushing water out of the top of the cup. I check the sump at least 2
times a day, and for the life of me, cant seem to catch this thing before it
just overflows.
The skimmer is hooked to my Iwaki 100 RLT but flow is controlled through a
ball valve. It does not seem to be an adjustment problem, because it will
run great for a few days, then just loose it. Not only that, but I don't
have the patience to adjust the skimmer 2-3 times a day.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
TIA
Shane C.
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