Did refugium put my skimmer out of business

[ssavader]

I did some major work on my tank stand about three months ago that required removing all the under cabinet equipment. I rinsed my skimmer out with water only, nothing else. At the same time i added a refugium to center compartment of my sump. I used about 3" of live sand, live rock, and caulerpa. Ever since, my Caulerpa grows like crazy but my skimmer has essentially stopped producing bubbles. EVERY component of the pump, skimmer, and plumbing has been checked and rechecked and is in perfect order.

So my question is, can the Caulerpa be utilizing dissolved nutrients, besides NO3 and PO4, so that my skimmer has "nothing" to skim?

[3FordFamily]

It's possible, my tanks are stocked so heavily that my skimmers still remove dissolved nutrients. But when I vodka dosed, my macro algaes vanished. I also more than double skim for my water volume and adjust to skim wet.

By the way, I hope your family is well sir. Would be cool to see your tank again sometime, tell your sons hello for me :D

Here's my 3 now! 50 secs roughly devoted to each.

http://youtu.be/8yhFjJEKpGY
Put it on 720p