Hey does anyone have the answer to this problem....

[uscstaylor]

Hey Guys,
Im sorry to bug ya but I came home yesterday to find that my Odyseaa CA 2200 pump which was running for over a year in my tank, has lost its return pressure. It was trickling out the water no where near the pressure it was doing. I started to panic and quickly changed out the pump to another one of the same brand. Here's the thing. I wen to the kitchen sink and cleaned out the sponge and filled the sink full of water and then turned it on and POW it worked perfect again. I cant figure this out. Why would the pump start doing this!.

It also happended to my new one 2 days later so i keep swapping them out. So I think there maybe a clog in my UV sterilzer, is that possible? Can a clog happen in my UV sterilzer or maybe the return nozzle. The clear 3/4 tube looks fine. Any feedback you guys can give me would be awesome. Did this happen to anyone else as well.

 

[tupes]

the brand Odyseaa has really had some bad reviews in the past. Ive had a light fixture from them and had no problems but for something as a pump I would spend the extra few bucks and get a quality name brand.

 

[uscstaylor]

Thanks for the response ,
update***
I decided to take out all of my pumps and give them a through cleaning and to my surprise they all back to normal. So now I know that every 6-9 months I'm going to give them a real good cleaning. Everything is perfect again in my fishy world. Yeah!

 

[afamousjohnson]

Ya its amazing what a good cleaning can do. Sometimes it may be a propellar shaft going bad or sticking. On 1 of my pumps and a few powerheads - if I shut them down I always have to fiddle with them when I turn back on to get them going(slightly opening the proppeller area until it starts up and than closing back up)