New Skimmer ? No junk

[jasper24]

I received my Coralife Super Skimmer yesterday. I hooked it up and I am getting lots of bubbles but no junk yet. it has been running for about an hour. How long before it starts producing some junk?

[Dubbin1]

Geeze give the thing some time to work. It could be a few days before you see anything worth getting excited about.

[Anemonebuff]

Some skimmers can take up to a month to start working up to par. Usually after a week they are going good.

[jasper24]

Thanks folks. First skimmer. Did not know what to expect.

[Anemonebuff]

That's what we are here for.

[jimmyleg]

I've got a ss125 and it took a couple of days to start producing. I've run it 24/7 for almost a year on a 85G and get about 3 cups a week consistently of some pretty stinky stuff. Gonna start a 75G very soon and will move it to that tank. Would happily buy another if the need arose:)

[jasper24]

Well my initial opinion of this Coralife SS is good. I tried a Bak Pak about 6 months ago and it was so noisey that I sent it back and got a refund. This skimmer is quiet and appears to be producing a lot of bubbles. So far none escaping into my tank though!

[davocean]

Love my CSS220, but takes a few days to get flowing.
I cleaned mine really well w/ clean rag and water b4 setup
Give it time
Instructions say to keep bubbles below collection cup for 72 hours to avoid overflow
Some people hook drain tube to a gallon jug(good idea) and some even put that in a 5 gal bucket to be safe
Mine did suddenly flow heavy 2nd day and I just caught b4 overflow. Now it's steady and works great

[brock14]

I have used the same skimmer in the past and it took 5 days for anything to turn the brown color you are looking for. Also you have to concider your dosing schedule. It could couse the skimmer to react slower or faster

[Johnsteph10]

Skimmers will often foam faster/better at first if you give them a good rinsing in hot water and/or vinegar to remove all of the production nasties left on the plastic.