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Old 05-23-2012, 03:07 AM
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Marko I did 150 gallon worth of changes. And fineally tied skimmer into Pail. It was filling for a bit then got speratic. It will calm down though.
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Old 05-23-2012, 03:09 AM
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So keep the skimmer running and overflowing?
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Old 05-23-2012, 03:40 AM
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yeah you bet

its frustrating but not much else you can do
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Old 05-23-2012, 07:44 PM
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can you dial it back till it calms down and then dial it up slowly, thats what i did.
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Old 05-23-2012, 08:28 PM
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Have you tried doing a water change?
careful mandosh...you're walking on thin ice... thats not the problem

In all seriousness, carbon, and running your skimmer without a cup (if you can handle microbubbles) will help calm it down.

Also changing some of the water to physically remove the antibiotics will help but I dont want to go on record suggesting that
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Old 05-23-2012, 09:22 PM
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Ive changed over 150 gallons so far. Been running the skimmer since yesterday. No improvement
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Old 05-23-2012, 10:41 PM
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can you dial it back till it calms down and then dial it up slowly, thats what i did.
+1...

This is what I had to do after my last dose of chemi pure.
I replaced by volume 75% of tank water over 3 changes and the skimmer wouldnt settle down until then.
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Old 05-24-2012, 02:43 AM
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any idea why my rocks are turning form a nice purple to a poop brown?
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Old 05-24-2012, 02:56 AM
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My guess would be diatoms, and that underlying problem that has yet to be figured out....

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Old 05-24-2012, 03:09 AM
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diatoms cause by silica?

how do i control it? i've changed over 150 gallons over the course of a few days and used RO/DI water
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