skimmer not skimming

[subman]

Originally Posted by tim the toolman

My skimmer will not allow the foam to climb properly if the chamber is not cleaned. You should fully clean the uptake chamber to allow for the foam to properly climb.

Very true but it looks like in the pics the head isn't reaching the dirty neck. Still need to clean the neck to get proper skimming

Originally Posted by reefwars

and now since your running internal you will have to tune it again

It looks as though its still external on the side of the sump now instead of DT.

[rusty shackleford]

yeah i should have mentioned, its to tall to fit under my stand in the sump.
so its hanging just outside the stand as a hob on my sump.

the water level in the sump is about an inch lower then when it was on the display (when it was functioning properly) but i compensated for that and have it dialed in, it looks to be running the same way it was when it was working on the display, just minus the foam

deffinatly give it a cleaning, cant hurt

[chris121277]

I don't think you realize just how finicky super skimmers are....an inch is a huge deal to them.....heck a 1/4 inch is a big deal to them.....I'd put money on it that if you cut the tube connecting the pump and inch shorter raisin it up tham "POOF" it starts skimming normal again