Skimmer issues

[SCFatz]

I have the coralife 125 on my 90...as many of you know I love it.

But yesterday the collection cup started ti fill quickly.Had I not caught it,which I barely did,it would have been a disaster for the carpet (its a hob).

It was as though the output had been over corrected,forcing flow to the cup.

I cleaned the sponges in the return box a few days ago,first time in a while,and it had been running at that rate/return flow for a few days.

I hadn't touched the tank in about 16 hrs...it just started collecting much faster.

Any ideas?Common?Something I need to do?
Like I said this would have been bad (real bad) had I not noticed,or worse,not even been home.

What do you guys think?

[afishyonados]

Work on heading to a sump to avoid this disaster.

Sometimes the air inlet will clog, changing the pressure on the pump. You may have to set up a schedule to maintain it before it happens again.

[Hara]

Any additives or medicines? They will make a skimmer go nuts.

[SCFatz]

Afishy a sump is being considered much more atm.

Hara...no, nothing like that....it was many hours of nothing,days for the skimmer in fact.

[afishyonados]

The hang on skimmer will actually work better in the sump!

[melosu58]

On my skimmer when it gets clogged or close to it I get a cup of warm water and let it pull it in throgh the air hose and dissolve the salt that is in it.