Please help with JEBO 2003 Skimmer

Hello,

I have a JEBO 2003 Protein Skimmer sitting in the sump of my TidePool filter. I just installed the JEBO and I cannot for the life of me regulate the flow of foam. The collector cup keeps filling up with water in the matter of minutes. I tried placing a reductor over the pump intake in hopes of reducing water flow but to no avail. I've tried everything.

First, does anyone know about this skimmer, and second, could someone tell me how to properly regulate the foam/water flow?

Argh!

In case you're wondering: I have a 37 gallon fish only tank with a few pieces of live rock added for biological support. The TidePool filter is suitable for a 125 gallon tank and the JEBO 2003 skimmer is suitable for a 150 gallon tank.

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

My Jebo power head pumps about 525gal.hr. ..I have it set up so the exhaust is just under the water line and the flow control is wide open..Your not going to see foam for a couple of days, but just leave it and it should work.
Good luck
TIA

 

Hello, and thank you for the response. This is going to sound really stupid but...which is the exhaust and which is the flow control? I'm sorry, I'm brand new to the protein skimmer thing and of course, the JEBO didn't come with instructions.

Jason

 

Hope this picture helps ya...If you have the same model

 

Okay now I see. I thought that was what you were talking about, but I figured I'd make sure. One question though. The water level in my sump is not high enough to have the exhaust submerged. I have a TidePool filter and the water level in the sump barley covers the JEBO's inlet. Any suggestions?

Jason

PS: Very helpful with the picture by the way!

 

If you could post a pic of your sump setup that would help...otherwise maybe you could put some baffles in your sump to raise the water level by the skimmer.
Hope this helps
TIA

 

Sure - let me charge up my camera and I'll post a few pics of the sump setup. You lost me with the baffles though. Could you explain a little further please?

Thanks

 

If this is your sump... make walls from acrylic high enough to bring the water level up to the exhaust of the skimmer...That is if you can do that without messing up the way that sump was designed to work.

 

Dont feel bad, I fiddled with my Jebo for hours until I gave up. It just overflows onto the floor in about 30 seconds.

 

Yes, that's exactly the filter. Hmmm, I wonder if what you suggested will be possible. So I would encase the entire skimmer in acrylic in hopes the water level inside the acrylic box would rise enough to cover the exhaust? It makes sense, but would it drain the sump down to far and cause trouble for my submersibles? Maybe a different skimmer all together? Are all skimmers this hard to manage?

Superpede1: what did you wind up doing? From the sound of your post, you gor rid of the JEBO.