This is a used skimmer.

Well i raised it above the water and nothing, and i also ran it outside of the sump and i didnt get anything either.

Maybe there is nothing to skim ?

Cant be, tank was just set up always something to skim.

If it was just set up I doubt there is much to skim , whats your Bio load heavy ? what are you feeding a lot of things can affect skimming if it's pumping and water is getting into the collection cup I would think you just don't have enough undissolved proteins that need to be skimmed .

well its all transfered water with used rock and sand, but the issue is i have a mag 5 pump on I am going out to grab a mag 9 now..

If you were closer I would give you my extra skimmer to check out - it maybe the pump or could it be the injection needle/wheel ?

Thats ur issue. Mag 5 isnt powerful enough. My buddy runs his with a mag 9.5 and the min is mag 7

Ya exactly, i figured that was the issue from the beginning just didnt want to believe it..... haha