Anyone Have an SRO-2000int, Advice?

[Tetrarch]

So I've had this skimmer running for about two weeks, and just as it was sort of kicking in I decided to give it a good clean with just water and set it back in. Since then it seems like the skimmer's either running so wet all I get it little water droplets and no real foam head, or bubbles so thick they don't rise into the collection cup. It's running in ~6" of water.

[George]

Originally Posted by Tetrarch

So I've had this skimmer running for about two weeks, and just as it was sort of kicking in I decided to give it a good clean with just water and set it back in. Since then it seems like the skimmer's either running so wet all I get it little water droplets and no real foam head, or bubbles so thick they don't rise into the collection cup. It's running in ~6" of water.

I have a SRO 3000. Have you tried to adjust the gate valve on your skimmer? Adjust it slowly and give it a day or so to stabilize until you adjust it again.
How long has it been since you cleaned it? Wait a few more days after you clean it to see if it produces waste consistently.

[Tetrarch]

It's been about two days since I've cleaned it, I've been slowly adjusting the gate valve over a few hours and the bubbles seem better, I'll give it another day and post what I see. Thanks alot.

[Tetrarch]

Well, I gave it a couple days and I'm still having the same problem, what size/wetness are the bubble in your skimmer's neck?

[Tetrarch]

Well, now I'm getting some decent tea-coloured skimmate but still no oily/sludgy stuff being pulled out. Where should the "fine" bubbles(ie-the area where the small wet bubbles start to become larger air filled bubbles) be in the skimmer for a nice foam head?

[lenzh]

Not sure what the specs are for that skimmer, but I have a similar sized SWC xtreme 200, and 6 inches of water is not deep enough. I would run it in ideally around 8 1/2 to 9.