skimmer not skimming

[rusty shackleford]

just added a sump, just wondering if there would be some chemicals leaching from the silicone causeing my skimmer to not produce any foam

skimmer was working fine as a hang on skimmer

thanks

[gregzz4]

I don't know about the silicone
How long has the skimmer been running on the new sump ?
Maybe the extra volume of the sump has diluted your system's nutrients ?
Have you used any epoxy since the sump addition ?

[rusty shackleford]

skimmer been running for pretty much 24 hours on the sump.
was running good as a hang on so i dont think it could another "break in"
unless having it not set up and dryed out for a couple weeks could have some effect on it

[tim the toolman]

Pics may help us be able to troubleshoot

[subman]

and what type of skimmer.

[rusty shackleford]

http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/...0/HPIM0732.jpg

http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/...0/HPIM0730.jpg

http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/...0/HPIM0729.jpg

[rusty shackleford]

coralife super skimmer 65

and my water should be pretty dirty so i know thats not it

[subman]

did you add anything lately?

[rusty shackleford]

well no, but i did just put the sump in yesterday so i used vinyl tube a fluval hose to bring water to the sump and the overflow box.

all of which i didnt rinse first...

[subman]

I would let it go if it doesn't skim in a couple days then we could look into other things but I think its just some chemicals leaching from the new sump bursting your bubbles