I searched all over, Epoxy causing Excessive foaming?????

[Recon Aqua Dog]

I setup new 80 gallon tank which has been running for 2.5 months now with refugium and all was well until I have two pieces of Fiji branch to finish my mangrove similation so to speak. I'm using zap gel -PT26 with fine results and someone brings home some Aqua stick epoxy to try for a better hold an as soon as we mend up one piece with epoxy my fish tank starts foaming like crazy???????? It's been 48 hours now and as soon as protein skimmer runs it causes mad foaming.BAD.... All tests are perfect still!!! Now
common sense says water change but I'm looking for answer why?

[sjm817]

Yup. That stuff will do that. I wont use it for that reason.

[MalHavoc]

There are chemicals in the epoxy that lower water surface tension, causing your skimmer to create a wet foam. It'll go away, but it usually takes a few days. Do some water changes.

[snorvich]

Agree with above. The stuff made by Deltec is less susceptible to doing that.

[Recon Aqua Dog]

To bad this happened it's still foaming bad but I'm gonna try some Carbon inserted into media sock and see if we can get this problem to stop..........I'll keep you updated on outcome, I'd advise anyone against using it!
I'll stick to Zap gel.

[seapug]

So when did heavy foam production from a skimmer become a problem? Isn't that what you want your skimmer to do? Afterall, it shows its removing the substances from the water. I've used countless sticks of marine epoxy in my tank and seen the usual increase in foam production, but never seen any ill effects on the tank inhabitants.