Skimmer Problem...Please help.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #1 12-03-2007, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by untamed

You are sure that you only shut the pump off...you didn't by chance reverse the input and output lines on the pump?

No not at all. The only thing I touched was the actual air intake valve. I unscrewed it to attach some air line tubing to see if I could make the skimmer quieter. I screwed it back in and then the problems started. I don't really see how that could have screwed things up though...

whiteice669 · #2 12-03-2007, 06:51 AM

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

GreenSpottedPuffer · #3 12-03-2007, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by whiteice669

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

You know I actually tried this but it never worked. I shut the air intake completely for quite a long time but everytime I opened it again, water came spraying out. Im so confused and getting very frustrated. I hate not having a skimmer running on the tank for too long...especially when the tank is still newly set up...

J.Lloy · #4 12-03-2007, 07:11 AM

As far as I know the air line needs to be before the pump. Is it not similar to the Red Sea Berlin?

whiteice669 · #5 12-03-2007, 07:18 AM

make sure the beckett is clean and your return valve is open enough

J.Lloy · #6 12-03-2007, 07:22 AM

Sorry GSP just looked up your skimmer and it is not what I thought, just sounded the same as what had happened to me once.

kari · #7 12-03-2007, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by whiteice669

make sure the beckett is clean and your return valve is open enough

I agree with whiteice669. Bet something got sucked up in the pump and plugged the beckett nozzle.

robzilla · #8 12-03-2007, 01:55 PM

i've got a pm bullet 2 and never have had that problem. i'd disassemble the injector to see that it's clean and reassemble according to the instructions. check where the injector sits in the base to ensure its clear. does your injector have a control for volume of air? you should be able to have the skimmer operational for water flow without any air. then slowly try to turn on the air.
good luck

J.Lloy · #9 12-03-2007, 06:52 AM

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.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #10 12-03-2007, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by J.Lloy

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.

Sorry Im confused

. 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.