what is wrong with my skimmer?

[reeferkeeper420]

My skimmer will justball.of sudden stop producing bubbles.. ive replaced the hose. Ive blown through makong sure tgeres nothing stuck. Im lost. Its driving me nuts tho. Its a coralife 220

 

[reeferkeeper420]

When it does that there is no air going through the hose. The pump was recently cleaned to...

 

[Poseidon]

When it does that there is no air going through the hose. The pump was recently cleaned to...

sometimes the the little outlet in the air intake gets turned around, sometimes you have to jimmy it around alittle,
i remember when i used to have a 220, i used a high power air pump and just hooked it up to the air line, worked amazing

 

[KBennett]

Mine was doing that.  The pump shaft was broken.

 

[TORX]

Did it just stop producing bubbles? or water stop moving all together?

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Just stops producing bubbles. Water is still flowing.

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[TORX]

Just stops producing bubbles. Water is still flowing.

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I think you should take the pump off and check it all out again. But first, if take the pump off and leave it in the water, then blow through the air line, you should see bubbles come out. If not, there is still something clogged, which is really the only thing that can be wrong if water is still flowing through IMO.

I also read that they are very sensitive to where the air line is, it should only be about 3" above the water line.

 

[Giglio324]

Run pump in vinegar, hose and all. If anything is blocking air intake thatll fix it

 

[KBennett]

With the broken shaft, it had enough power to pump, but not enough to suck the air more than a couple inches below the water line.  I limped along for a very long time by raising the skimmer.

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Ran it in vinegar didnt fix anything. Still plugging. It wasnt in the bucket of water. But nowbthas ita back in the tank it sureis..

 

[davesolo29]

If it runs fine in a bucket but not in your sump, my guess would be you have some stray voltage in your system shorting it out. 


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