Mobile Bay Reef Keepers

i recently bought a mr-2 skimmer and a pcx-40 to run it (recomended pump from the company ...i plumbed it all up and sat the skimmer beside the tank above the sump and let the return water gravity fall through a 1 1/4 pipe back into the sump...my problem is... when i open the gate valve all the way open and plug the pump up, i slowly close the valve so that the water gets to the right height...then i turn the air contol valve and let it start getting air, then my tank turns white with micro-bubbles, its dumping all the fractionating foam thats supossed to be in the chamber into the tank., dont get me wrong, there is still alot of foam in the reaction chamber, but its dumping air into the sump..any way to fix it?

OMG, thought you got out of the hobby!

reeferpuffer wrote:i recently bought a mr-2 skimmer and a pcx-40 to run it (recomended pump from the company ...i plumbed it all up and sat the skimmer beside the tank above the sump and let the return water gravity fall through a 1 1/4 pipe back into the sump...my problem is... when i open the gate valve all the way open and plug the pump up, i slowly close the valve so that the water gets to the right height...then i turn the air contol valve and let it start getting air, then my tank turns white with micro-bubbles, its dumping all the fractionating foam thats supossed to be in the chamber into the tank., dont get me wrong, there is still alot of foam in the reaction chamber, but its dumping air into the sump..any way to fix it?

Dude, I have never been a grammar nazi before. That has got to be the longest run-on sentence ever.

you can never get the hobby out of me, i tried, but cant resist

Try putting a filter sock on the drain line.

good idea, i'll try that tomorrow when i get home, i'll let ya know how it turns out...