Water is very foamy

[Treebeard]

Nope, no water conditioner. I have not been able to run the skimmer since Tuesday. I hope it straightens itself up soon.

Originally Posted by fishytime

Do you use some sort of water conditioner?

[Snaz]

Epoxies and super glues will overwork a skimmer, done any gluing recently?

[o.c.d.]

It's the chemi clean, You still have it in the system. I mix extra water, turn off auto top off and rig the skimmer so it will empty into bucket then after it has filled 4 or five buckets over a week of monitored removal the skimmer calms down. More water changes will also help. I did have an extra skimmer cup so I was able to modd it.

[Treebeard]

Nice mod to the skimmer cup! Thanks for posting the pic.

Originally Posted by o.c.d.

It's the chemi clean, You still have it in the system. I mix extra water, turn off auto top off and rig the skimmer so it will empty into bucket then after it has filled 4 or five buckets over a week of monitored removal the skimmer calms down. More water changes will also help. I did have an extra skimmer cup so I was able to modd it.

[Treebeard]

That might also be the problem. I did some gluing on the new return before I painted it. The skimmer seems to be settling down a bit now.

Originally Posted by Snaz

Epoxies and super glues will overwork a skimmer, done any gluing recently?