Cadlights skimmer question

[sccrcoach]

I have hooked up my cadlights 34G sig series and the skimmer has water up 1/3 of way into cup but there are no bubbles at all...what am I doing wrong...HELP!!!!!

[Johnsteph10]

Check so see the air intake is pulling air and is not clogged and open (try blowing into it).

[sccrcoach]

Is the air intake the hose that has the black end whose top turns?

[Johnsteph10]

Yes. If it helps, I just started a cadlights thread so everything can be in 1 thread.

[Rod013]

I just set my 34G up last weekend and had skimmer issues as well. A couple of problems I had were as follows:

Be sure the control valve is fully open.

Return line(black flexible hose) allowed too many bubbles to be trapped and caused a vapor lock. This caused the cup to overflow. I had to change to a simple vinyl hose. If you adjust your control valve and it is making no difference in the water level within the skimmer you may be having the same problem I did.

Also had to raise my skimmer up about 2-3 inches from the bottom to be able to control the flow.

Finally after about 5 days of running I was able to get everything under control.

Hope this helps.