Veilside0Three
Reefing newb
I got everything all set up and flowing. My problem is that the air intake tube is not sucking air. Will it pick up later, or is something not right?
This is the octopus HOB 800s
This is the octopus HOB 800s
Help with octopus skimmer?
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d.french
Reef enthusiast
not sure about hang on models but ive read were some skimmer owners had to blow into air line to get it started than it ran fine.
Veilside0Three
Reefing newb
tried that. It starts bubbling buy stops as soon as I do.
yote
In Memoriam
The feed pump may be to deep in the tank.Any way you can raise it up some?
Veilside0Three
Reefing newb
Okay I fixed thy problem but now it's getting so much flow it is filling up the cup with bubbles, turning into water and filling up the cup in minutes with fresh looking water... Nothing comes with it to adjust air flow..
d.french
Reef enthusiast
can you slow down water flow
d.french
Reef enthusiast
raise your skimmer cup up by moving rubber o ring down until bubbles barely reach top of tube before they fall into cup, and don't use chlorine removers cause they will cause skimmers to go bezerk
Veilside0Three
Reefing newb
I don't think so, the pump is set far down and you can't really mess with it, plus the instructions are a few sentances on how to start it... That's all.
d.french
Reef enthusiast
raise your collection cup up far so it doesn't fill up fast it should just barely foam over.
Veilside0Three
Reefing newb
It is up as high as possible...
d.french
Reef enthusiast
do you use drops for water conditioner or chlorine remover, that will do it. use ro/di water, or distilled water from walmart or buy ro water from pet store. This is very important investment for anyone in this hobby especially if you keeping inverts and corals.
Veilside0Three
Reefing newb
The only twothings in the tank are melafix and water clarifier. Would either of these do it?
d.french
Reef enthusiast
water clarifier will do it.
d.french
Reef enthusiast
and why you using melafix
Veilside0Three
Reefing newb
Puffer got it's fin nipped off.
How do I fix this? Water change with new wal mart water?
d.french
Reef enthusiast
no reason for additives unless you have tons of sps and need to supplement for calcium and alkalinity, otherwise regular monthly water changes will replinish all trace elements needed if you not using ro water or distilled that tap water with conditioner to remove chlorine will make skimmer go nuts and tap water has alot of phosphates which will help in algae outbreak. Live rock and live sand and protein skimmer will keep water nice and clean even if tank is new give it time to mature cause you shouldn't need melafix or water clarifier you have a good skimmer there to keep tank clean if it keeps overskimming you will lose salinity and if you don't keep that stable it can cause some problems.
d.french
Reef enthusiast
what fish do you have and do you plan on keeping inverts and corals
Veilside0Three
Reefing newb
my tank consists of:
Volitan lion
Yellow headed sleeper goby
Scooter blenny
Mandarin goby
Firefish goby
Big clean up crew
I'm not sure about corals, I'd like to but well see when I get all of my rock.
How can I get this skimmer on asap?
d.french
Reef enthusiast
that lionfish will eat all of those fish
d.french
Reef enthusiast
and puffer are not reefsafe either, puffers and lionfish will eat clean up crew, lionfish will make a meal out of almost anything.
