Pump making bubbles

[siner94]

I need help Idk what is causing bubbles in tank coming from return pump looks like

 

[Diesel]

You might have a air leak in one of your pipes.

 

[cracker]

We need to see a pic of the pump . Is it in a sump? It is sucking air from some where .

 

[siner94]

You might have a air leak in one of your pipes.

From my hose?

 

[Billdogg]

It is almost certainly sucking air in from somewhere on the intake side.

 

[siner94]

I figured it out! The water coming from the media filtration was getting a small water fall effect... I think that must’ve been it because when the water would fall it made bubbles on the surface

 

[Diesel]

Bingo, your return pump sucking the small bubbles and turning them into micro bubbles.

 

[siner94]

Bingo, your return pump sucking the small bubbles and turning them into micro bubbles.

Took me a whole day and a new pump to figure this out and I’m meanwhile broke my old pump haha you live and you learn

 

[Diesel]

Welcome to the club, well not my club cause I never break anything ever

 

[siner94]

Welcome to the club, well not my club cause I never break anything ever

Hahah that’s no fun because you don’t get to buy new stuff often lol

 

[Diesel]

You got that right.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Air is being ingested into pump intake from sump ( is water level in sump proper or at least covering pump? Is there a skimmer in sump sending bubbles to return pump?

 

[siner94]

There wasn’t enough water at first but that was because my media was stopping the water flow so I removed it and soon after it stopped the bubbles so now I’m think of a small power head probably getting a hydro 240