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Old 01-27-2015, 09:53 PM
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My new tank has just been set up n there nth in it but live rock(was cycling rock in a bin that was been acid/bleach washed) and live sand with about 5lbs of live rock from my other tank. Skimmer was working perfectly for about 4 days until yesterday when I found it overfilling n going nuts. It's been a day and it still going crazy. I tuned it to make it lowest possible lvl but still not good. What's going on that's causing this? All I've been is dosing some vodka n vinegar to jumpstart my bacteria count. Also used fijicrete 3 days ago but it was fine the day after. Skimmer is a vertex IN 180

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Old 01-27-2015, 10:01 PM
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Its very possible that the carbon dosing and the bacteria bloom from it making your skimmer go crazy.
How much of each do you dose every 24 HRS period.
If you dissolved some FijiCrete into the water line that will do a little affect but not few days later.
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Old 01-27-2015, 10:04 PM
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Just dosing 0.4mL x2 a day for a 110gal tank. I doubt it was the fijicrete but I did put a piece of live rock that I crete together and fully hardened in the return compartment of my sump the morning of the day skimmer went crazy.
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Old 01-27-2015, 10:17 PM
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Too much soap
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Old 01-27-2015, 10:23 PM
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Too much soap
Lol it's like a whole bottle. Took my pump out n cleaned it as wel but still no luck. Pump didn't look dirty either
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Just let it run and overflow into the sump for a couple of days and the foaming likely stop.
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