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07/16/2006, 07:19 PM | #1 |
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Skimmer producing tiny tiny bubbles.
I have a Red Sea Prizm Deluxe skimmer that is now producing tiny bubbles. It just started doing this today. Any ideas how to stop this or why its doing this?
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07/16/2006, 08:02 PM | #2 |
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not sure what the question is... but the smaller the bubbles the better.
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07/16/2006, 08:17 PM | #3 |
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What do you mean you don't know what the question is? How do you prevent the skimmer producing tiny bubbles? Why is it doing this?
Lots of tiny bubbles=not good. You want dissolved oxygen not a mass amount of tiny bubbles. |
07/16/2006, 08:24 PM | #4 |
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heh?
Skimmers have very little to do with disolved oxygen. The smaller the bubbles in a skimmer, the better foam it will produce. The small bubbles mean less buoyancy and longer contact time. The longer the contact time, the better the adhesion to protiens. You want a skimmer to produce the smalles bubbles possible. In addition, even if oxygenation was the goal, smaller bubbles mean more air/water contact and better absorbtion. So again even in that case the smaller bubbles would be better. So again, I am not sure what your qeustion is the way it has been framed. If the goal is shaving cream type foam and your skimmer is starting to produce it, what was it producing before? You certainly don't want pea sized bubbles. I am assuming the bubbles you are talking about are in the reaction chamber (where the larger bubbles used to be). |
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Ok, I am talking about its releasing tiny bubbles in the tank. Like the the water thats coming out of it. Not the bubbles that are pushing up the proteins. We were talking about two different aspects of the skimmer.
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07/16/2006, 09:49 PM | #6 |
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The small bubbles being pushed into the tank can be caused by many different things. I am not familiar with the water path in a prizm skimmer. The bubbles may be left over from those produced by the skimmer (most likely cause).
Maybe somebody here with a prizm can help you get it adjusted so that it outputs less bubbles into the tank. They don't hurt anything, but some people don't like the way the look. |
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Well it certainly would have helped if you would have mentioned that before. You didn't have to get all argumentative over it. You can decrease the amount of bubbles in your tank by putting sponges where the water exits the skimmer. Longer travel time can also help.
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07/16/2006, 11:28 PM | #8 |
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I used to have a berlin classic and then a berlin turbo which occasionally pumped bubbles back into my sump and then into the display tank. I added a valve to the air intake so that I can throttle back the air. This helped to reduce the amount of air entering the skimmer and reduced bubbles coming out of the skimmer.
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07/17/2006, 09:14 AM | #9 |
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reducing the amount of air will also reduce the efficiency of the skimmer
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Quote:
I am going to put a sponge right before the exit to see if tht helps any. I will let you guys know. |
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07/17/2006, 06:30 PM | #11 |
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Ive got a red sea aswell i solved it by putting a tight leg over the exit it caught all the bubbles but now i just use carbon in the media backet that also catches it
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07/17/2006, 06:47 PM | #12 |
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Well carbon was in there before and it created even more bubbles. Whats the tight leg your talking about?
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07/17/2006, 07:23 PM | #13 |
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i HAD a prizm and if mine did that i just adjusted the water flow with that little valve on the intake
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I am going to let the skimmer stay on low flow for a little bit and maybe that might help.
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07/17/2006, 07:53 PM | #15 |
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yeah
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07/18/2006, 06:26 AM | #16 |
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easy just get a pair of tights cut one leg of it and put it over the exit like your putting it on a leg then just secure it with a elastic band and it acts like a filter catching all the bubbles as they wont be able get through.So you will have none in your tank and will be able turn it up to the right level
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07/18/2006, 06:30 AM | #17 |
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I put a small filter sock over my skimmer outlet pipe...being that the water is clean going into the sock...it will be a while before a change is needed and no bubbles!
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07/18/2006, 04:49 PM | #18 |
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Can you guys get a picture of what you are talking about?
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07/18/2006, 05:44 PM | #19 |
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well just get a filtersock and tie it around the outlet (where the water comes out of the skimmer) this will let water flow through but bubbles can not. its relatively simple and effective fix.
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07/18/2006, 06:37 PM | #20 |
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I know how it works. I just want to see a picture of it.
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07/19/2006, 06:36 AM | #21 |
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i will take a pic when i get home tonight if u wish
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07/19/2006, 06:51 PM | #22 |
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yes that would be great.
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07/19/2006, 07:23 PM | #23 |
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Little hard getting a good shot...u will notice the black wire holding the bag to the skimmer...ignore the plastic wire ties...they are for the big drain bag.
the bag i am using is 4"dia by appx 14" long. I forgot to mention the black hose u see going into that same bag is from the UV sterilizer return.
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07/19/2006, 08:53 PM | #24 |
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thanks for the picture..
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07/20/2006, 04:20 AM | #25 |
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no prob...like i said, being that the water is supposedly clean..I wont have to change the bag to often, so i works fine!
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