too many micro bubbles

[blindside]

What do I do? I have a red sea pro hob skimmer, it was working fine till I turned it off for 24 hours, and now when I turn it back on, its nothing but bubbles? Does anyone know how to fix this on this akimmer?

[coraline79]

I used to have a HOB skimmer, take it off and clean it without soap in hot water. If it still has micro bubbles stick a piece of filter pad in the return chamber.

[blindside]

Let me try it!

[Gseclipse02]

i wouldn't recommend using soap as sometimes they have bad chemicals in them and chemicals sometimes will stick even though you rinsed everything really well

[Gseclipse02]

that's just my .02 hot watter usually does the trick with a tooth brush

[blindside]

That didn't work at all, ha

[Mr Cob]

i wouldn't recommend using soap as sometimes they have bad chemicals in them and chemicals sometimes will stick even though you rinsed everything really well

Dude...he (Coraline) said "without soap".

[blindside]

There is still a lot of small bubbles, there is close to none when the skimmer is almost completely off

[Mr Cob]

Some of these smaller skimmers take a few hours to adjust after they have been turned off and cleaned. You said it was turned off for 24hours...so maybe it's still adjusting.???

[blindside]

Yes sir, let's hope so, I hope all these bubbles are not the cause of my Picasso being "ill"

[DrMark]

It is possible if there are too many microbubbles to be a problem for respiration for the fish. I would leave skimmer off a few days (do water changes instead).