Skimmer running wet

[sixspeed]

Hey everyone, i have a system that has been up and running for around 5-6 weeks now. It is a 40 breeder with a 20l sump, in the sump i have a octopus NW110 skimmer and it is has been running for about 1.5 weeks now. Recently it started to running extremely wet, the collection cup fills up within a day, it has some crud in it but mostly just water. How do i go about tuning this skimmer? The water level adjuster is at the lowest it can go. The current livestock is about 50 lbs of LR and a small clean up crew.

Any help would be appreciated i am a skimmer novice.

 

[JayM]

how deep is the water level the skimmer is sitting in? If it is in more than about 8" of water, you could consider raising it up

 

[sixspeed]

Yeah it is sitting in probably 10" of water, is that the problem?

 

[afboundguy]

8" is ideal. Also it could have broken in if it was a brand new skimmer and that's why it could be pulling more stuff out. When I was breaking in my skimmer I had to keep adjusting it to lower the water line...

 

[sixspeed]

Ok so i should try to raise the entire skimmer up about an inch or two, to correct my water line. I hope this helps, cause this thing is going crazy.

 

[afboundguy]

Also there could just be so much in the tank that the skimmer is pulling out a ton and once it pulls it all out it will start skimming a little more normal. This could be in combination with the skimmer breaking in...

But raising it to the 8" mark should help a lot...