smirk53

I just bought at Jebo 180 protein skimmer. It appears as though I have set everything up correctly, however it's producing no foam. The water level is about an inch below the opening on the skimmate cup. Any suggestions? Is this the correct way it's supposed to be setup? Thank you in advance.

nemo addict

a skimmer can take a few days to start working so setup how reccomened and let run if you still have no joy after few days make adjustments

smirk53

Thanks!! I also think I don't have enough fish in the tank to produce any. I have to blue damsels and 55lbs of live rock (55g). What do you think?

Oil_Fan

If that's the only fish you have, then you'll probably won't see anything pulled. It'll take a few more fish before you start to see anything.

Martinismommy

Protein skimmers take days to build up any gunk......I have a 55 gallon with 2 clowns and a large yellow tang and when I clean the skimmer it takes a week to build up again.....

agsansoo

New skimmers take from one week to a month to break in. Good luck. Post some pictures after it finished breaking in.

tango

do i need a skimmer some people at the fish store say yes and others say no what does it do in the end

BEARjuice

u should see some of the dirty things that skimmers pull out, check out the skimmer section here, they have some photos of the gunk that gets pulled out.

Mike

I wouldn't run a saltwater tank without a skimmer. After seeing what gets pulled from the water it becomes very convincing to use them.

Here's a pic:

nemo addict

i have always run a skimmer there are lots of positives and a few negatives as it removes some traces used for corals i have been reading up on a new bio filter called a turf filter which is theory is brilliant i am in the middle of redoing my 2nd tank which i am going to try the filter out its ment to stop then need of water changes and keeps nitrites nitrates ammonia at zero,
as more people seem to be moving over to natrual filtering making the skimmer redundant ,,,,more eco systems make the hobby cheaper

please read http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/m...hin-51120.html

tango

nice will read it thanks

BEARjuice

thats so crazy it just might work!

nemo addict

well i will let you know when i try it out hahaha i will start a thread for all us sw nuts and let ya know how its running in a diary thread

tango

let me know if you will try it? i think i will try it after i move and set my new tank up.