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#1
12-03-2007, 05:14 AM
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Skimmer Problem...Please help.
So I had my skimmer running but turned it off today temporarily. Now when I turn it back on, its not working right. Its a PM Bullet 2 (beckett style). The problem is that when I turn the pump on, instead on the air intake for the beckett taking in air, it sprays out water!!! A LOT of water. Now all over my living room floor
 . Anyways, I have no idea why this is happening. I have never used a beackett style skimmer until now, so I do not know much about them. I had only ever set up the skimmer the first time a few days ago and it worked great. This is the first time I shut it off and tried to start it again and it was a disaster. Any help would be really appreciated. I bet this is something really simple that I just do not know 
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#2
12-03-2007, 06:09 AM
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You are sure that you only shut the pump off...you didn't by chance reverse the input and output lines on the pump?
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436
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12-03-2007, 06:32 AM
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12-03-2007, 06:51 AM
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mine has done this a time or two, I just blow in the air tube or block it off until the skimmer is up to speed
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aga 180g dual overflow 77g sump, mak 4 return, dart pump for closed loop 3 250w se 15,000k mh, 4 80w t5 250 vertex skimmer,3l vertex zeo reactor, marine tech cal reactor.regal,powder brown and yellow tangs, chromis eyelash blennie blue mandran, slowly filling with SPS
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#5
12-03-2007, 06:52 AM
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The air line you installed, was it after the pump? If you add a line at the base of the skimmer the pump will shoot water out. The only air intake that I know of is before the pump so it gets sucked in with the water.
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#6
12-03-2007, 06:57 AM
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 . I never added a new air intake if thats what you mean. I am just talking about the air intake that the skimmer comes with. This air intake IS after the pump. Maybe you are thinking of some other type of skimmer instead of the beckett style. All the becketts I have seen have this same design.
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12-03-2007, 06:59 AM
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12-03-2007, 07:18 AM
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make sure the beckett is clean and your return valve is open enough
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aga 180g dual overflow 77g sump, mak 4 return, dart pump for closed loop 3 250w se 15,000k mh, 4 80w t5 250 vertex skimmer,3l vertex zeo reactor, marine tech cal reactor.regal,powder brown and yellow tangs, chromis eyelash blennie blue mandran, slowly filling with SPS
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