I just tried changing my filter sock with a brand new one. All of a sudden my skimmer started too explode with foam. Looks like soap bubbles .
Hopefully it just something harmless that drove the skimmer crazy. It also caused a bunch of stinky skimate to go back into the sump. As soon as I noticed it I turned of the skimmer and return pump. Pulled out the new sock. Right know I have the skimmer going and the return pump circulating just in the sump. Hopefully the skimmer and carbon can pull out anything that might have come out of the sock. I let it run until skimmer starts looking normal again. Then change the carbon. I should know better but another lesson learned. I won’t ever try using a new filter sock again until I wash it first.
Dave
Hopefully it just something harmless that drove the skimmer crazy. It also caused a bunch of stinky skimate to go back into the sump. As soon as I noticed it I turned of the skimmer and return pump. Pulled out the new sock. Right know I have the skimmer going and the return pump circulating just in the sump. Hopefully the skimmer and carbon can pull out anything that might have come out of the sock. I let it run until skimmer starts looking normal again. Then change the carbon. I should know better but another lesson learned. I won’t ever try using a new filter sock again until I wash it first.
Dave