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Originally Posted by Confuse

Hey Scott, question for you...

I have a DC 200 on a 150g tank with a light-medium load (lost fish in a crash). I recently cleaned my sump and made an egg crate stand. The pump is under around 8" of water running at 28 watts and the wedge pipe is almost closed, but it has been difficult getting the foam to rise out of the cup. Due to the back pressure on the wedge pipe and the water level, water shoots out.

Is my water level too low? Would you recommend increasing the water level of the skimmer?

Not getting foam up to the top of the neck is a sign of a very light load relative to the skimmer size. The wedge pipe being almost all the way closed means the skimmer should be deeper. The heavier the load (relative to the skimmer size) the shallower you can get away with having the skimmer. I'd suggest lowering the skimmer in the sump or raising the sump level to at least 8.5". That will at least allow you to open the wedge pipe up some.