Problem med microbubblor från mce 600

[Manks]

JAg har problem med att det kommer ut en del microbubblor i karet från min mce 600, hur grejjar man det? en bit filter i sista facket som man städar med jämna mellanrum?

Sen har jag lite problem att få dit de röda gummipluttarna man får av deltec för att minska vibrationerna, de gör pumpen för bred för att få plats i skummaren, hur har ni andra gjor`?

[Clownen]

Har du nyligen kört igång den? Det händer i så fall ganska ofta och brukar lugna ner sig efter ett tag (en vecka). Hur skummar den? Går den för fullt och fyller koppen med vatten?

Jag fick en ny pump till min för en vecka sedan och fick samma problem igen med bubblor. Detta har lugnat ner sig nu.

Om det inte räcker att justera skummaren med hjälp av höjden på skummarkoppen och luftintaget kan du även reglera insuget genom att låta den sörpla i sig lite av ytvattnet (inte för mycket bara för då drar den inte upp vatten). Detta ger dig lite mer svängrum och gör skummaren mindre effektiv vilket kan göra det lättare att undvika bubblorna i början.

Filtret ska du låta bli eftersom det finns risk att den täpper till utloppet och då har du en snygg pöl på parketten.

Mvh

Peter

[linkano]

Hej.

Funderade lite på ditt problem med röda bussningar- Har själv haft lagerproblem med Aquabeepumpen. Men jag förstår inte vad du menar med "för bred"? Förklara gärna bättre så kanske jag kan bidra med hjälp. Men de röda lagerbussningarna sitter ju inne i pumpen och kan ju inte påverka storleken utvändigt!?

//Thomas

JAg har problem med att det kommer ut en del microbubblor i karet från min mce 600, hur grejjar man det? en bit filter i sista facket som man städar med jämna mellanrum?

Sen har jag lite problem att få dit de röda gummipluttarna man får av deltec för att minska vibrationerna, de gör pumpen för bred för att få plats i skummaren, hur har ni andra gjor`?

[Manks]

Linkano>> Det löste sig. Det var jag som var lite för trött när jag skulle grejja med den.

Clownen, den har gått i ungefär 2 timmar, så jag kör på metoden vänta och se.

Tack för tipsen

[Manks]

Surfade lite på deltecs hemsida och hittade det här. Kan ju vara bra att veta för andra som skaffar en MCE 600 och liknande

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Use of a Deltec Skimmer on a New Aquarium Setup.

Excessive Bubble Syndrome

We get many calls and emails from people new to the hobby or to Deltec skimmers about high levels of foaming or micro bubbles that are returning to their aquariums from their new Deltec skimmer.

This can be quite normal and is a result of the salt water that they have produced not as yet being mature enough for the high performance of the Deltec skimmers.

Many brands of salt used for aquarium water are made up from component parts to reproduce the elements found in natural sea water.

One of the additives introduced to many salts is a conditioning agent which is put in to react with heavy metals and toxins in the water and neutralise their negative effect.

The down side of these additives is that they can increase the surface tension of the water and enable bubbles to hold their form much longer than would be natural with mature salt water.

This effect obviously disappears as the water stabilises and reacts with waste in the system but until it does it causes many people concern which results in a call or an email to us.

To convince yourself of this fact just look at the bubbles in the skimmer cup. They effervesce like when you open a bottle of fizzy pop, which is not how mature water reacts in a skimmer. The bubbles also smell very clean and when you watch them in the tank you will see that they do not burst for an unusually long period of time.

Once the water has matured or the conditioners have been skimmed out then the problem will go away.

Problems reported are:

- My skimmer is producing excessive foam and filling the cup with a clear liquid

- Lots of small bubbles are returning to my aquarium.

These comments are most often reported on the MC500 and MCE600 models, probably as these are more often bought by people new to Deltec Skimmers or with new tank setups however both of these issues are indicative of the water maturation issue detailed above.

This problem is uncommon on many basic skimmers and is indicative of the incredible amount of air produced by the Deltec units.

What can you do?

The only solution to this issue is to until the water matures so that the surface tension drops and the bubbles disappear.This process can take from a few days to a number of weeks to clear completely but can be accelerated by observing the following tips.

- If the water is very new and there are excessive bubbles which continue to fill the cup with a clear liquid then the best initial course of action may be to switch the unit off for a week or so and then try it again. Most people having bought a nice new skimmer are reluctant to do this however during the initial stages there is little in the

water to skim and the waste helps greatly to react with the salt compounds and mature the water faster.

If the cup is overfilling with bubbles try smearing a little Vaseline around the top of the cup and air vent to burst the bubbles and to run the clear liquid back into the skimmer.

- If the problem is not as acute than this and it is only excessive small bubbles returning to the tank then either live with it for a while whilst the water matures or again switch the skimmer off or only run it on a night when you can not see the bubbles.

Please note that the pumps on the MC500 and MCE 600 either pump water, when the air tap is closed, or an air water mix when the tap is open. Many people when they start seeing bubbles appearing in their tank instinctively close down the air supply which reduces the air intake but also increases the water flow and washes the everlasting bubbles out of the skimmer and into the tank.

- In both cases feeding the tank reasonably heavily will add waste products for the sterile salt solution to react with - even if there are no fish or creatures in the tank.

- Do not carry out large, (if any), water changes at this point as you are just adding to the problem by introducing more of the conditioning agents.

And finally

Of all of the people that we have explained this to - none have come back to us after 2-3 weeks and said that it had not gone away.

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[Manks]

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