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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / February 2004CPR BakPak overflow and bublles
A friend of mine who also has a 29 gallon FOWLR has been running skimmerless (yuck) do to space/efficency/cost concerns. The other day I say a CPR BakPak (not BakPak 2 old school?) used for $60. To make a long story short, he set it up, watched it for 2 hours and went to sleep. When he woke up the tank was a third emptied onto the floor. Hmmm. In addition he also tells me that if he sets the air intake correctly (nice white chamber full of tiny bubbles) them so many bubbles escape back into the tank that he can't even see his rock. He has never used any skimmer before and this is his first tank. It has been running for about 6 months. I will go over there with him and look at it to see if I can figure something out but any advice from someone who has experience with this skimmer would be great.  Signature-John Because it makes things difficult to understand. Why shouldn't I top post? I used the CPR bakpak. How did his tank drain water? Where was the water coming out? Even if the cup gets too full, it simply sends skimmate down the main hole in the collection cup and stops skimming. Does it have the bio-bale in it? That should help break up the bubbles. I even had small sponge on that output tray to help trap bubbles. Since he's never skimmed his tank, it will be a mess of bubbles for a while. At least part of a day. After a while, it will clear up. The skimmer will need time to slime over as well. Then the only time he should see bubbles is when he feeds, adds new water or handles things in the tank. All of those affect water tension, and bubbles will come out into the display. They are annoying, but it won't be billions of them. Marc > A friend of mine who also has a 29 gallon FOWLR has been running > skimmerless (yuck) do to space/efficency/cost concerns. The other day I [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Because it makes things difficult to understand. > Why shouldn't I top post? -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com |
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