help asap please something wrong with sump

ohk so today i come home to my sump being low ... so im about to fill it up when i relize my tanks about to overflow. i quickly shut it off and the let u drain into the sump a little more and then turned it back on but it did the same thing.

does anybody know whats wrong i cant figure it out

 

Do you have a prefilter? Could be too dirty.....clogged. Maybe there is something blocking the line from the overflow to the sump. Maybe time for some cleaning.

 

If you have a siphon assist overflow, the siphon might be clogged. If you have a maxijet-like PH that is connected to the overflow via an air tube, put your thumb over the 'outlet' of the PH where the water flow is coming out. That will push water through the air hose and dislodge that which is impeding suction. My best guess. It has happened to me a few times with this kind of set up.

 

thats what i was thinking now that i posted this i kinda feel dumb ...i was just thinking and looking at the back of the overflow and the sponge there where that air tube is is pretty damn dirty and im not sure because i am new to sumps, but should that be cleaned often?

 

ill def. try that pharmrjohn. sadly i probably wont be able to tend to this problem untill tomorrow so im throwing my emperor 400 on the back of the tank for tonight ...... im hoping that with out the skimmer for on night the tank will be fine???

 

Not being able to skim for a few day should be fine.

 

I would clean it weekly, or at least when you do a normal WC. Snails, etc. are also notorius for getting trapped in siphon tubes and causing floods, make sure you have a screen over the overflow too.

 

hey everyone .... finally back from boston and my sump is back up and running. i cleaned out the nipple and the air tube from the overflow to the ph and things are going good now

i have one question though my duncan coral doesnt seem to be looking to greay and i came back to a dead xenia ..... idk why this happened

params were chekced before i left and they were perfect and today they are too

 

I know nothing about duncans......but Xenia are just weird. Now, by dead xenia, do you mean xenia that looks just flat out bad or did it melt away. Dead Xenia melts away and disappears into oblivion. Xenia that is shrivelled up and non responsive is just stressed. Wait until your skimming starts regulating the tank again and see what happens.

 

one polyp of my duncan has looked dead before..all closed up and ugly. I moved it to a better spot with better flow and it was fine in a day or 2..maybe just reacting to loss of skimmer