dweyant Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I had an issue with some red slime algae, so based on Shane's recomendation I used Red Slime control. I did a 15% water change tonight and turned my skimmer back on. My skimmer is going crazy. I have it turned all the way back, and closed the air-valve (i.e. it is chocked back as much as it will go) and it is still spewing tons of water into the cup. Right now the water is just filling the cup and then running back into the sump. Should I be capturing the water it is taking out? I'm afraid if I do that it is going to drain my tank ? Or let it be and see if it calms down after a while? Thanks, -Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 i belive that red slime remover is an oxidizer so it would cause your skimmer to go crazy, i would use the skimmer for only 12 hours a day for three days and do a water change as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dweyant Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 I did a 15% water change today before I turned the skimmer back on. Should I be collecting the skimate, (huge amount) or should I just let it drain back into the sump? -Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbnj Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 With your skimmer overflowing like that (wet), it's really not doing much in terms of skimming, so you might as well leave it on and wait for it to return to normal performance. You can let it drain back into the sump. Do another large waterchange in a day or so if it keeps overflowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Yeah leave it running and wait till it calms down. It may take a couple more days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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