Cleaned your pumps lately?

[Reef Pets]

I generally clean my pumps every 2-3 months. This is about 9 weeks of growth. I believe they past due for a cleaning.Gotta love Kalkwasser, especially Brightwell Aquatics Kalk+2!

 

[143MPCo]

It's cool looking even if it is hampering flow!

 

[Reef Pets]

It's cool looking even if it is hampering flow!

Looks like you have a badge for everything!! ^^

I agree. If it didn't affect the flow I wouldn't clean them at all.

 

[Todd31]

woah, that's intense.

 

[Rjramos]

Wow! Nice pink crust! The MJ1200 on my nano seized up the other day after 2 years straight running. The corals and fish in this tank are doing great! I was adding B- ionic 2 part in the chamber with the pump in it. Even the internal shaft and parts had crusty precipitation on it. I scraped and cleaned it off, reinstalled and the flow went up tremendously! Now I am adding the b-ionic in the over flow. I would think it would help?[emoji848]

 

[Reef Pets]

Wow! Nice pink crust! The MJ1200 on my nano seized up the other day after 2 years straight running. The corals and fish in this tank are doing great! I was adding B- ionic 2 part in the chamber with the pump in it. Even the internal shaft and parts had crusty precipitation on it. I scraped and cleaned it off, reinstalled and the flow went up tremendously! Now I am adding the b-ionic in the over flow. I would think it would help?[emoji848]

The MJ1200 will run forever! I've has some going for many years. This is a WP-60, flow was slowing down due to the intakes being covered but it was still moving some water.
I have all of them soaking in vinegar now, soon to look like new.

 

[john.m.cole3]

I use this setup to keep the ATO pump away from kalkwasser. https://www.amazon.com/Tunze-Kalkwa...29516&sr=8-2&keywords=tunze+calcium+dispenser

It is suggessted to use the dispenser with the Tunze ATO, but I'm sure you could make it work with yours. The dispenser alone is just over $90

 

[Bpb]

Lol yeah my tunzes tend to look like that after a few months.