Protein Skimmer

[OJab]

Hi. I started a 75 gallon fish and live rock tank only. I set up my hang on skimmer and it's letting out a lot of little bubbles into the tank. Will the little bubbles stress or kill my fish.

 

[ifarmer]

no, i do not think it stress the fish or anything.
you can cut a piece of filter pad and put in in the mouth of the skimmer where the water come out into the tank to help reduce the bubbles

 

[OJab]

Protein skimmer

Thank you for the reply. I did what you just and a after a couple of hours the bubbles came back so I put more over it and still doing the same thing. Will it eventually stop? Anymore helpful
Hints? Thanks

 

[Deepseabeauti]

Maybe build a small box out of acrylic to break the bubbles as they come out and have it over flow out. Way back when I had a HOB skimmer and it had just that. One side held the pump and the other was a bubble break.

 

[OJab]

My blue hippo is always behind the live rocks. He's either side ways or vertically laying on the rocks the person at the fish store told me its normal that they do that is this true?

 

[evoIX_Reefer]

To help you out, microbubbles from experience do stress the fish but not much. Unless it's constant and extreme. You do want to reduce it and probably will reduce after break-in period.

What type of skimmer is it? If the microbubbles don't reduce in say a week, I would look into something like a bubble box to reduce it.

 

[OJab]

It's a Odyssea PS160 and I'm using it as a Hang on

 

[Dannyboy11222]

Do you have a sump?

 

[OJab]

Sump?

 

[OJab]

Do I need a protein skimmer for a fish only tank? I also have live rock

 

[fireshark02]

My blue hippo does the same. He comes out and swims around the wedges himself in a couple of areas. I've had mine for about 6 months and no problems. Aslong as he's eating I wouldn't worry