Coral life 65g skimmer going nuts.

awesome thanks for the help. I actually took my skimmer to a local true value and tried all their fittings. None of them worked, i dont know why coral life would make these connections not perfectly 5/8". But i am currently using the 5/8" flex tubing as you mentioned. It was such a pain to do so I might try to do larger tubing and zip tie it tight. Thanks for the help, ill try the raising the skimmer method tomorrow and see what happens.

 

NP. Good luck tomorrow...

 

i said clean it since u might have salt built up in the air way clogging it making the water rise sorry i was sending the first post from my android

 

You know that horizontal outflow with holes in it to reduce/spread out the return of water may be causing some back pressure which could cause excessive water in the drain. If you can remove that and try a large as possible elbow and nothing else see what happens then, I have lowered the water level inside skimmers by increasing the size of outflow pipes and removing minor obstructions in the return piping. A little bit can make a difference in a stable water level which can reduce or eliminate flooding. Play with it and see. Skimmers are strange devices that respond to seemingly insignificant modifications.