jolt Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Looks like the pump on my skimmer has failed. Corals not looking too happy. How long can my system go without a skimmer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 With your bio load and assumed Doc's three days. I would knock off the KZ package. Have your taken the pump apart to clean it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 I took the pump apart and the impeller seems to be firmly attached to the magnet. These bubble magus pumps are know to fail fairly often. Thanks Seth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Sounds like it's upgrade time to a sicce or an ehiem pump if you can. Which bubble magus do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bigsby Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Just pull/apply leverage on the impeller. I thought mine would never come out but after some leverage I got it out. I have the bubble magus 9.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I haven't used one in months, I can't imagine it'd be detrimental. Maby it's time to go back to water changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 It's a Nac3.5, I don't think there is a sicce option. The impeller comes out fine, and the magnetic shaft is still firmly attached. Reburn told me to check that it was not slipping, which is what I was referring to. I do weekly 5% water changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Looks like upgrading to the sp1000 pump from the atman is your best bet. Did your skimmer have the atman? https://seasideaquatics.com/parts/bubble-magus-sp1000-skimmer-pump-p-33.html?zenid=1a38856c516d3dca6b2999a9c9a62c7a Bigsby, I just called Jim and told him to check the impeller to make sure it was firmly attached to the magnet. My tunze 9002 stopped skimming and I messed with it for hours. Pump would come on and and spin without the impeller and the impeller was good but it wouldn't move water. After hours I figured out that the plastic cap that held the impeller to the magnet had enough tension to not fall off but the magnet was free spinning in the impeller housing. Some superglue and 5 minutes later it was spinning. I was just trying to save Jim hours of trouble shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Yeah it is the atman. Unfortunately seaside aquatics does not offer expedited shipping so it would be a long wait .. Thanking about running down to petco to pick up the Reef Octopus 110-Int they have in stock. Gets pretty good reviews on BRS and MarineDepot .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Yea the reef octopus was my first choice for my frag tank build I was going to go with the 150int. They build good stuff and I know of a couple members that are really happy with their reef octopus. Their pumps are known to fail too though on the otp and halmeda (spelling) pumps. The Aqua trance pumps that they are shipping with now are much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 PetCo to the rescue. Their in store price amazingly matched or beat all online prices! So far I'm liking this Reef Octopus ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Look up the Reef Octopus propeller mod. It will help chop the bubbles up and make it more effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Look up the Reef Octopus propeller mod. It will help chop the bubbles up and make it more effective. I will, and thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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