Hi all,
I'm setting up my first reef aquarium, so plenty of noob questions coming your way, sorry about that :)
I have a weipro sa-2011 skimmer (I know, I know, but my options are limited where I am, and I will upgrade in the future) The Skimmer is rated at 300gph and the pump I am using is rated at 529gph. Would you consider this too powerful, or should it not matter?
When I kick off the skimmer, I have lots of nice white foam, which gradually works it's way into the tube that goes into the cup. Now it doesn't shoot up there, it may take an hour or so, then it will gor from half way up the tube, then up to the top, then drop down again.
This kind of sounds right, from my understanding but all I get in the cup is a slow build up of sandy coloured water. This is a new set up, so no fish, just live rock and sand. Obviously I don't want to be emptying the cup of water every few hours.
So does this sound right, or should I not be getting water?
At the point of writing this, I have just noticed the foam is sitting at the base of the neck that leads to the cup, not half way up the neck as before. And has been like this for 20 minutes or so. So maybe it is settling
Sorry for the dumb questions, but I haven't used one before and not sure what is right or not.
I'm setting up my first reef aquarium, so plenty of noob questions coming your way, sorry about that :)
I have a weipro sa-2011 skimmer (I know, I know, but my options are limited where I am, and I will upgrade in the future) The Skimmer is rated at 300gph and the pump I am using is rated at 529gph. Would you consider this too powerful, or should it not matter?
When I kick off the skimmer, I have lots of nice white foam, which gradually works it's way into the tube that goes into the cup. Now it doesn't shoot up there, it may take an hour or so, then it will gor from half way up the tube, then up to the top, then drop down again.
This kind of sounds right, from my understanding but all I get in the cup is a slow build up of sandy coloured water. This is a new set up, so no fish, just live rock and sand. Obviously I don't want to be emptying the cup of water every few hours.
So does this sound right, or should I not be getting water?
At the point of writing this, I have just noticed the foam is sitting at the base of the neck that leads to the cup, not half way up the neck as before. And has been like this for 20 minutes or so. So maybe it is settling
Sorry for the dumb questions, but I haven't used one before and not sure what is right or not.