skimmer not skimming

[tim the toolman]

Pics may help us be able to troubleshoot

[subman]

and what type of skimmer.

[rusty shackleford]

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[rusty shackleford]

coralife super skimmer 65

and my water should be pretty dirty so i know thats not it

[subman]

did you add anything lately?

[rusty shackleford]

well no, but i did just put the sump in yesterday so i used vinyl tube a fluval hose to bring water to the sump and the overflow box.

all of which i didnt rinse first...

[subman]

I would let it go if it doesn't skim in a couple days then we could look into other things but I think its just some chemicals leaching from the new sump bursting your bubbles

[rusty shackleford]

yeah my thoughts exactly, when i first got it it was foaming like crazy.
had about 2 shot glasses full of dark dark brown crap after 2 days.
keep in mind i hadnt had a skimmer on the tank for a whole year and the water was always really dirty.

it just seems theres no suface tension to allow foam to build up, i know my waters dirty ( my algae makes that very clear! )

thanks for the input, ill give it a few days

[tim the toolman]

My skimmer will not allow the foam to climb properly if the chamber is not cleaned. You should fully clean the uptake chamber to allow for the foam to properly climb.

[reefwars]

how much water do you have it running in the sump???