why did my skimmer overflow?

[sphelps]

Sounds like air intake partial clog.

[doch]

I thought of the air intake pluggage... but when I put my finger over it the level DROPS.

I guess I'll have to rip it apart and give it a good cleaning when I get home. I checked all of the obvious spots to be restricted and saw nothing though.

[Smudge]

Originally Posted by doch

I thought of the air intake pluggage... but when I put my finger over it the level DROPS.

I guess I'll have to rip it apart and give it a good cleaning when I get home. I checked all of the obvious spots to be restricted and saw nothing though.

That is opposite of what my skimmer does!!

[gregzz4]

My skimmer overflowed when my tank was newish
When I put my finger over the air intake, the level dropped just like yours

I did a 20% waterchange and it calmed down

[acepumping]

mine screws up whenever the air intake is plugged.. or a bad seal

[fishoholic]

Do you run biopellets? I recently tried to but they keep making my skimmer overflow like crazy