DarrenUnwin
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Hi all,
I've had an internal Deltec MCE500 skimmer for welll over 3 years and havent really had much of a problem with it (except its a bit noisey) for my 35g tank. The problem I'm having is that occasionally on feeding (frozen or flake) it goes crazy and starts to chuck water through the collection cup like a geezer. If the timing is wrong and the cup is reasonably full, it just chucks the contents back into the tank which cant be good.
Does anyone have any ideas on what is causing it? Sometimes it goes for weeks with out trouble then one evening I have all on stopping it chucking the water through it.
For ref, I change 1/4 to a 1/3 of the water every 2 weeks religously and usual water params are low, not quite zero but acceptable.
Many thanks for the replies.
I've had an internal Deltec MCE500 skimmer for welll over 3 years and havent really had much of a problem with it (except its a bit noisey) for my 35g tank. The problem I'm having is that occasionally on feeding (frozen or flake) it goes crazy and starts to chuck water through the collection cup like a geezer. If the timing is wrong and the cup is reasonably full, it just chucks the contents back into the tank which cant be good.
Does anyone have any ideas on what is causing it? Sometimes it goes for weeks with out trouble then one evening I have all on stopping it chucking the water through it.
For ref, I change 1/4 to a 1/3 of the water every 2 weeks religously and usual water params are low, not quite zero but acceptable.
Many thanks for the replies.