Marko I did 150 gallon worth of changes. And fineally tied skimmer into Pail. It was filling for a bit then got speratic. It will calm down though.

So keep the skimmer running and overflowing?

yeah you bet

its frustrating but not much else you can do

can you dial it back till it calms down and then dial it up slowly, thats what i did.

careful mandosh...you're walking on thin ice... thats not the problem

In all seriousness, carbon, and running your skimmer without a cup (if you can handle microbubbles) will help calm it down.

Also changing some of the water to physically remove the antibiotics will help but I dont want to go on record suggesting that

Ive changed over 150 gallons so far. Been running the skimmer since yesterday. No improvement

+1...

This is what I had to do after my last dose of chemi pure.
I replaced by volume 75% of tank water over 3 changes and the skimmer wouldnt settle down until then.

any idea why my rocks are turning form a nice purple to a poop brown?

My guess would be diatoms, and that underlying problem that has yet to be figured out....

Steve

diatoms cause by silica?

how do i control it? i've changed over 150 gallons over the course of a few days and used RO/DI water