Skimmer went Nuts

[speedstar]

My skimmer went crazy bubbling over and dumped about 4 days worth of skimate back into the tank. Pretty nasty experience I was watching TV and wondering what the smell was.

The tank water went cloudy and a lot of the corals retracted polpys. Anyone else been here before? wondering what my SPS impact might be.


John

[ReeferRob]

Been there for sure but didn't have SPS then.
I was fine hope nothing bothers your collection

[speedstar]

think the big problem is the small water volume, this made a huge change in parameters. the SPS all look like crap right now. Skimmer still going crazy when trying to bring online. I reduced the water level and air to get it to skim without over flowing. im guessing this is now because of all the waste dumped in.

remembering why FO was so much nicer.

[jojo22]

Have you added any chems lately, I know a few that make skimmers act like that.

[speedstar]

Just the normal Vodka and MB7 nothing new. This is flowing like if you ever tried red slime remover. Just bubbles and pours going crazy trying to figure out what is in the tank. Did a 20% water change still have same issue. Just added carbon to hopefully help pull out whatever it might be.

[ReeferRob]

I've got a POS skimmer on my DT right now that does this often. I just set it up to skimm extra dry and it kinda warms it's self up and through out the day I can fine tune it to skim a bit more wet. Its very tempramental.