skimmer go bubbye?

I have a Coralife super skimmer 220 and it was running fine, but last night when I put in the mag 9.5 and flood my sump, it went crazy. I did unplug it for a few seconds last night and I took out the skimmer pump to clean it.

Now, the foam in the riser-tube (the tube that's in the collection cup) is not stable, it fluctuate about 1" to 2". Any ideas why this is happening? Is it broken?

Also, I just add more sand and it's cloudy right now.

Thanks!
GKW

 

i would wait for the sand to settle before i made in real decisions. it will prolly be ok

 

Yep silt in the water will make a skimmer go nutzo.

 

whew...i thought i had to fork out more money .

I just had my first and second sump overflow last night. I spilled about 8-10 gal of SW on my carpet. I am gonna take down my sump after the sand settle and cut one of the baffle down 2" to 3" to make more room for future "accident".

Thanks guys!

 

Ouch

 

it sucks when that happens i have done it once too.