Why is my skimmer going nuts?

[andestang]

Mine starts to surge if it's taken to far from the 9.5"

Originally Posted by freeze

Every skimmer I have operates like crap at the recommended water level. If it's overflowing and running like crap, raise it up. You want super fine bubbles but when at the right height those then into a nice foamy head.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I run both of mine at about 8" of water.

A piece of neoprene (wetsuit material) would dampen any vibration of your stand. Without dampening, the noise from the vibrations may be annoying especially since your tank is in your living area, not in a fish room or garage.

[jason604]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

I run both of mine at about 8" of water.

A piece of neoprene (wetsuit material) would dampen any vibration of your stand. Without dampening, the noise from the vibrations may be annoying especially since your tank is in your living area, not in a fish room or garage.

Gotcha. I'll use extra pieces of my pond liner.

[jason604]

K u guys r awesome! Moved it up so skimmer is about 8" in water n it now works perfectly!! Barely any noise with egg crates plus it's in my fish room so can't hear in living room. But I will still put some pond liner on it TMR so it's fully silent.

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by jason604

K u guys r awesome! Moved it up so skimmer is about 8" in water n it now works perfectly!! Barely any noise with egg crates plus it's in my fish room so can't hear in living room. But I will still put some pond liner on it TMR so it's fully silent.

I have a Vertex Omega150 and have it sitting on 6 stacked egg crate pieces, kinda the same as what you have there. It's in 8" of water and works great, I ran it in vinegar mix when new for 24 hours to remove any oils etc. before I put it into operation in the sump.

[jason604]

Ok so I went n bought a vertex omega 150 skimmer put it in 7.5" of water and it's doing the exact same thing as my previous skimmer!!! Either overflowing, come back couple hours n bubbles drop all the way down.. Vice versa. Are the skimmers acting like this because I have no bio load other than super clean rocks and new live sand? My tank is ready for the move but I'm afraid to swap everything from my old tank over till my skimmer problem is fixed. Was thinking about going to buy some fish n try it since I cannot catch any fish in my old tank CUZ they keep hiding in my sps corals

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by jason604

Ok so I went n bought a vertex omega 150 skimmer put it in 7.5" of water and it's doing the exact same thing as my previous skimmer!!! Either overflowing, come back couple hours n bubbles drop all the way down.. Vice versa. Are the skimmers acting like this because I have no bio load other than super clean rocks and new live sand? My tank is ready for the move but I'm afraid to swap everything from my old tank over till my skimmer problem is fixed. Was thinking about going to buy some fish n try it since I cannot catch any fish in my old tank CUZ they keep hiding in my sps corals

Just to get it straight are you using this skimmer in the same sump that's going to be used for the new tank or what? Also is this vertex a new or used one? If new I would vinegar bath it for 24 hours to help with break in.
Sounds to me like you have nothing to skim yet, I never ran a skimmer for at least a couple of weeks after I set up my 90 g and moved all my livestock from my 50 g tank into the 90 and let the load build. Not sure there's a magic set waiting time before you fire up the skimmer, but it worked for me.
Maybe others can chime in.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by andestang

Mine starts to surge if it's taken to far from the 9.5"

What do you mean by starts to surge ?

[andestang]

You see the water level in the neck going up and down and you can also hear it from the pump.

[jason604]

Originally Posted by andestang

You see the water level in the neck going up and down and you can also hear it from the pump.

Mine was doing that. Goes up down n super hard to fine tune. Even adjusting the tuner by a hair line will cause huge fluctuations in skimmer lvl. Found out that my pump was not in straight it was a lil crooked. It now doesn't fluctuate by tuning it is so hard. Is this normal for vertex IN series? Litterly 1 hair turns makes it either g half way down in bubbles or super overflowing