how do i fix this?

im pretty sure the brown line is supped to be in the cup, not at the top of the cone, correct? how do i fix this? its the avast cs1 cone skimmer



thanks for the help

 

thats waht its suposed to look like

but this isnt mine

 

The top of the neck gets dirty over time and needs to be cleaned. As long as you're pulling good skimmate, I wouldn't worry about it.

Is your skimmer at an angle, or is it just the picture?

 

yup, mine gets like that as well, you should really be cleaning it everytime you do a water change i clean out the neck on mine and the cup/tub everything drains to, it does look like your skimmer is tilted? or is the picture playing tricks on us..

 

most the brown stuff is staying in the cone tho, never ending up in the cup. thats my concern

 

you can raise your water higher in the neck to make it all go in the cup, but it may overflow, looks like its already going in the cup how long ago did you last clean the skimmer from the time you took that pic?

 

Are your air bubbles rising high enough so that when the bust they are at the edge of the cup so the debris and junk falls in the cup?

 

yea there is brown coffee looking water at the bottom of the cup, i just didnt think it was supposed to turn brown untill it got out of the cone. im only 6 days into this hobby and cant even figure out how to program the lights to come on .. : (

its been 6 days since its been cleaned

it might be tildted, ill get in there tomorrow when the lights come back on and square it away.

all my prams are good,
SG 1.026
temp 80
Alk 12
Ca 480
PO4 >0.03
pH 8.2
ammo, nitrite, and nitrate are 0

 

looks fine to me. the necks get dirty over time. but if u must prevent that for one reason or another, raise the water level inside the skimmer body.

 

if tis nothing to worry about then all is good, once i un-tilt it that is haha. thanks for everyones help!