I own an Aquamaxx HOB 1.5 and until yesterday have had nothing but good experience with it.
Yesterday I was doing my normal tank maintenance and part of it is cleaning my skimmer cup. All I used to clean it was a paper towel and some tap water.
Now it immediately starts to bubble over the top and overflow the cup with clear water. The only adjustments it has is cup height and I have it set to the highest setting.
In the past after cleaning I have ran into the opposite issue where it wouldn’t produce any skimmate for a few hours after cleaning until it built some film up in the neck.
Nothing is different from anything in the past.
I have tried just letting it overflow for a few hours (it overflows back into the body of the skimmer). I have tried turning it off and just waiting a few hours. Nothing works.
I assume I can get an airflow valve and restrict the airflow but I just can’t figure out what would have happened that made it start acting like this after routine maintenance I have done a dozen times.
Any thoughts would be helpful
Yesterday I was doing my normal tank maintenance and part of it is cleaning my skimmer cup. All I used to clean it was a paper towel and some tap water.
Now it immediately starts to bubble over the top and overflow the cup with clear water. The only adjustments it has is cup height and I have it set to the highest setting.
In the past after cleaning I have ran into the opposite issue where it wouldn’t produce any skimmate for a few hours after cleaning until it built some film up in the neck.
Nothing is different from anything in the past.
I have tried just letting it overflow for a few hours (it overflows back into the body of the skimmer). I have tried turning it off and just waiting a few hours. Nothing works.
I assume I can get an airflow valve and restrict the airflow but I just can’t figure out what would have happened that made it start acting like this after routine maintenance I have done a dozen times.
Any thoughts would be helpful