Skimmer problems

I have a coralife 125 super skimmer it is a couple years old and the pump is running but there are no micro bubble's going into the reaction chamber. What would be the problem?

 

Try taking the input off the pump and make sure nothing is clogging the air input or blow air through the intake tube. Is water still flowing into the skimmer?

 

the problem is not listed in the troubleshooting part of the manual

 

Yes water runs through the skimmer.

 

Mine did the same thing. All I did was mess with the intake of the pump a bit and it started working. Maybe the needle wheel needs to be aligned with something for it to work.

Almost the same topic I discovered an awesome tip for this skimmer. If you hook an air pump to the air intake of the pump it will skim the same regardless of water level changes. I can unplug my return pump and let the sump flood with an extra 5 inches of water and my skimmer cruises along like it doesn't even notice.

 

Wonder if its a polarity problem with the pump. Did you unplug the pump right before this started?

 

I had an long haired algae problem a few months back and just pulled a little bit out of the return line So I am in the kitchen after this post going through the entire skimmer. I think the problem is solved. If not check back. thanks.

 

Good to hear.

 

The algae was the problem it is running in the bathtub with a few gallons of vinegar and no collection cup so the algae will run over the top and not back through the return line. it is gonne be just fine thank you all for your help.

 

ANother part of the problem was macro algae sheets. I put it in for the and to be rude the damsel tears the sheet up and the skimmer suffers from it. If i could catch the damsel id flush her. or take her back for credit.