I have removed my Remora C skimmer...it continues to pull straight water out of my system and although its probably been good for the tank (lots of changed out water) I know this isn't working right.
I replaced it with a skimmer by "Aqua Clear Aquatics" (in sump)...a not so local fish store (about 50 miles away from where I live but highly recommended) that I visited last weekend, had some used protein skimmers for sale and I bought the one in my sump now for $30. I bought it because it is what they use on all their saltwater tanks and their saltwater tanks are amazing. The lady at the store even showed me all their skimmers and said they swear by them...all the skimmers were pulling insanely green/brown gunk out of their system.
So...here I sit with this skimmer and it is foaming but pulling straight water out as did the Remora. Intially I thought it wasn't high enough in my sump so I built a stand that raises it, it still is doing the same thing. I have it just skimming back into the tank at the moment, wondering what the hell is going on, wondering if my tank just doesn't have anything to pull out (which I know can't be), and wondering what I'm going to do now.
I think I need to look at an external skimmer that I can plumb out of and back into my sump with PVC. :frustrat:
I replaced it with a skimmer by "Aqua Clear Aquatics" (in sump)...a not so local fish store (about 50 miles away from where I live but highly recommended) that I visited last weekend, had some used protein skimmers for sale and I bought the one in my sump now for $30. I bought it because it is what they use on all their saltwater tanks and their saltwater tanks are amazing. The lady at the store even showed me all their skimmers and said they swear by them...all the skimmers were pulling insanely green/brown gunk out of their system.
So...here I sit with this skimmer and it is foaming but pulling straight water out as did the Remora. Intially I thought it wasn't high enough in my sump so I built a stand that raises it, it still is doing the same thing. I have it just skimming back into the tank at the moment, wondering what the hell is going on, wondering if my tank just doesn't have anything to pull out (which I know can't be), and wondering what I'm going to do now.
I think I need to look at an external skimmer that I can plumb out of and back into my sump with PVC. :frustrat: