I’ve recently been having some issues with my skimmer (Bubble Magus NAC6). The skimmer seems to run fine but eventually over flows very rapidly. A number of times this has completely over flowed a five gallon bucket making a huge mess on the floor. This usually happens at about 3am. Diagnosis led to excessive salt build up in the venturi. When the air intake is blocked this causes the over flow. This seems to happen about 3 or 4 weeks after cleaning,and happens at least once every day thereafter. I have tried cleaning the venturi with RODI with the skimmer running to dissolve the salt, but it does very little to help. This condition is just too irritating for me to have to deal with, therefore I am looking for a new skimmer. I don’t have a lot of money, I need something less than 100 bucks that’s an in sump model and will do at least a 100-120 gallon tank (Tank is smaller than that but has a VERY heavy bio-load). If you can either fix my problem or have a skimmer LMK.
That sucks. I may have a skimmer available next week a cheap Coralife 220 but its been working for me for years
That would be about what I’m looking for right now. Let me know if it is available.
Does your pump have the mesh or needlewheel? I had a NAC6 that had a mesh wheel and over time, it would get loose and shift around between the plates that hold it together and it would have similar issue like you - would skim fine for a little bit, then wouldn’t skim. Then it would overflow, etc. I replaced the meshwheel that it came with and it worked fine after that - then I sold it and upgraded skimmers.
I have a german made H&S 150 in-sump skimmer for sale. Paid 600 for it new. PM me if your interested.
Thanks
Casey
I still have my old coralife 150 i’d let go for a good price, send me a PM (i think we talked about this previously).