Help with an asm protein skimmer

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Just set up my mini g in a sump with 6 inches of water but it did not come with any manuals. It is extremely loud unless I close off the air tube. I know this is a dumb question but I am new to this so I figured I would ask for some help…

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I don’t owned a ASM type protein skimmer, but what do you mean by it being loud? the pump loud? or the foam making loud? I know it has to be in a certain level of water in the sump, but not sure of your type. Do they have a website that you can go to for instruction or support?

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I think I figured it out, the actual pump was not completely seated in the skimmer and it was vibrating like crazy!! Looks like I have everything up and running correctly. I have been watching it for the last 45 minutes or so just to make sure that I do not have any leaks. Now I just need to figure out how to make it a little bit more quiet… I could raise the water level in the sump, but the partition that I built would be useless . Thanks for any help in advance.

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Put a piece of rubber (I use yoga mat myself) under the skimmer and the pump. You’d be amazed at how well that works.

Edit: Just make sure it’s not cut so large it flips up and blocks the intake of the pump.

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So my skimmer has been up and running since 1/18. Should it be producing any skimmate? Not doing anything except running. Have 4 small fish in tank for the past 2 week, so I was assuming that I should see something…

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Depends on if its set up properly, air line attached? Where do you have the microbubbles set to? They should be about 1/2 way up the neck in the cup.

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Take a couple close up pick of how you have it setup.

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I figured it out. Modified the air intake and now it looks like its working pretty good… ( hopefully) thanks for the help.

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Hi,
If it’s still to loud, ( my tank is in the family room) I extended the air tube, and also engineered a muffler from a kit that came with a power head. (just plugged it right in the end)
I still have plenty of air flow, and this seemed to have stopped the gurgle sound that it was making.
just my 02 cents.
Bobby