Skimmer question (1 Viewer)

[hoffy02]

I tested my skimmer in my garage with the water from my tub that is holding live rock and it worked like a champ. Today I got the new tank and plumbing done so I filled it all with fresh water and ran a leak test. The skimmer isnt making half as many bubbles now...

After the test in the garage I broke it down and gave it a total cleaning..

that being said, is it making less bubbles because of the fresh water or because I screwed up when I put it back together???

Thanks for the help

 

[Reefaddict79]

its because of the freshwater.

 

[crvz]

skimmers don't work with freshwater.

 

[Guest]

By fresh water do you mean new salt water? The skimmer shoud be producing less skimmate (possibly none) is freshly mixed saltwater, but the number of bubbles should not be affected.

 

[hoffy02]

Thanks guys,

Ya I knew it wouldnt "skim" or "work" on freshwater but I just wanted to make sure that the appearance of less bubbles and huge bubbles was normal for freshwater... like I said I was just testing for leaks and noticed this. Wanted to make sure I didnt have something to fix before the saltwater goes in.

Thanks again for the help peoples