Biocube protein skimmer.... what's the secret??

[TXSea]

When I first got this nano skimmer, it was putting out some nice foam. Lately, no matter how I set the air flow, I can't get it to skim out anything. I mean there is water in the cup but that is just from the bubbles popping in the reaction chamber. Any success stories out there? If you have any ideas on getting this thing to skim better, I'm all open to suggestions. I also want to add that I did change the air stone with a new oceanic air stone to see if it was the air stone.

[nrkolas]

I just got this skimmer...had it up for a couple days now and it's skimming great so far lolI hope it doesn't do what urs did..

[TXSea]

Yeah, I set the bubbles to bubble right under the rim of the black cap on the reaction chamber. I assume it should be pulling out proteins since there are live stock in the tank. Thinking of selling it and buying a pump driven nano skimmer instead.

[TXSea]

Nevermind... I checked it a minute ago and it had some foam puffing up and falling into the cup. I guess it happens more at night or something.

[CoryDude]

Could be that you had an abundance of organics in the water when you added the skimmer and now there isn't enough to make a showing. How much are you feeding? I'm also assuming you clean the contact area every few days?

Either way, I don't think you'll be disappointed when you upgrade to venturi skimmer.

[TXSea]

Could be that you had an abundance of organics in the water when you added the skimmer and now there isn't enough to make a showing. How much are you feeding? I'm also assuming you clean the contact area every few days?

Either way, I don't think you'll be disappointed when you upgrade to venturi skimmer.

I usually just rinse out the cup every couple of days. Is it bad to clean it off? It is skimming. I just usually never catch it skimming but last night was the first time in a while where I witnessed some foam spilling over the cup edge.

[CoryDude]

Yeah, keep rinsing it every few days. Not too familiar with that brand, but I think you'll see better results with a unit that's venturi driven. I always had a lot of luck with a cpr backpack skimmer on my 29. I believe the cpr sr3 skimmer will work on a BC29.

[350gt]

I just got this skimmer...had it up for a couple days now and it's skimming great so far lolI hope it doesn't do what urs did..

Glad it worked out for you....

[jeittreim]

I have had the CPR SR3 in my 29BC for the past 6 months and couldn't be happier. Took out everything from the middle chamber, dropped that bad boy in, and off we went. My tank is crystal clear and running like crazy :-) Definately worth the investment to not have to deal with an airstone driven skimmer which, in my opinion, doesn't have the capacity to effectively keep a tank this size cleared (of course depending on the bioload and all ;-))

[Gseclipse02]

http://www.amazon.com/AquaticLife-Internal-Mini-Skimmer-115/dp/B001V95TZA


that works great