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Unread 09/17/2018, 01:23 PM   #1
Hawkeye16
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Protein Skimmer Help...

I have a Reef Octopus Classic 100 HOB Skimmer. The left chamber keeps overflowing, any ideas as to why? Is something plugged up? I attached a pic, please let me know any thoughts. Thanks


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Unread 09/17/2018, 08:12 PM   #2
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Have the same skimmer. There was a piece of foam at the bottom of that chamber which plugged with debris for me. I removed it and the skimmer has worked fine since.


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Unread 09/17/2018, 08:41 PM   #3
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Got it, thanks for the help. Not sure what the point of that foam was


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Unread 09/18/2018, 01:06 PM   #4
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Got it, thanks for the help. Not sure what the point of that foam was


probably to add a little biofiltration (nitrate factory), and aid in slowing micros


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