Red Sea Max Owners

[nats]

Glad to hear it was just a mix up with the boxes. Good thing you asked. If it had been me I would still be trying to put it together. While we are the subject of the redsea max. Can anyone tell me if my skimmer is working. I have 35lbs of live rock in the display, I took out the carbon and ceramic bags from the chamber and the white sponge. I find that the bubbles are not travelling up the skimmer neck, thus no skim goo. I turned the air valve to 3/4 open. My water has lots of bits floating around. Any suggestions
thanks

[RSM]

It has taken my skimmer 3 weeks to produce a constant foam. I believe it has to be broken in for awhile if it is new. I have also heard if your tank is clean it wont skim as well because it has nothing to clean.

[Chaloupa]

Mine is now up and running and starting a cycle (hoping for a quick one!) with rock and water from other tanks and live sand. I am dealing with a TON of microbubbles which is aggravating but will keep trying different things. I did remove the white sponge, and cut the black one down....will see how things settle in....any suggestions?

[ElGuappo]

Originally Posted by Chaloupa

Mine is now up and running and starting a cycle (hoping for a quick one!) with rock and water from other tanks and live sand. I am dealing with a TON of microbubbles which is aggravating but will keep trying different things. I did remove the white sponge, and cut the black one down....will see how things settle in....any suggestions?

try to squish the air out of the black sponge when inserting. i usually try to squeeze it against the bottom of the sump. it will hold lots of air. if this sponge is not totally soaked it will trap air.

[Brent F]

Here is Red Sea's sheet for how to fix microbubble problems

http://www.rsmreefers.com/downloads/...20CUSTOMER.pdf

[nats]

make sure the overflow trap is all the way down, get rid of the white sponge and keep the media chamber empty.