Skimmer not skimming - BM Nac 3.5

[ph123uk]

Seems to now also be "chugging"

 

[TheEngineer]

That's really odd. That sucking sound seems to be air getting pulled in intermittently. That's gotta be either at the venturi or the impeller.

 

[ph123uk]

It wasn't doing this chugging yesterday, was a constant sound haha, trust me to get this silly problem, almost like the impellor is spinning too slow

 

[TheEngineer]

It could be catching. Might want to pull it out and clean the inside. The impeller shafts can swell too, which would mean you need a new one.

Did you recently clean it in something?

 

[ph123uk]

Nope, not at all, put it in a bucket of old tank water just now - ran like a dream straight away, instant foam.....no chugging noise

 

[TheEngineer]

Of course it did

I'm sticking by my first thought.

 

[ph123uk]

So, back in sump, same problem - has to be the water! - shall I wait this out for it to break down or do a massive water change? Or just keep changing carbon!?

 

[TheEngineer]

I'd just let it be, but if you can do a few water changes over the week that would certainly help.

 

[ph123uk]

You'd like to think items made for aquaria would be manufactured and rinsed after production. (the overflow)

I wouldn't mind if it was £10 (15 ish dollars) but it was £80....

Oh well, all good, least I don't need a new skimmer!

Cheers Engineer

 

[vetteguy53081]

I would start with the intake at pump and the airline going in to skimmer

 

[ph123uk]

Cheers Vette, we ascertained it was simply a change in water tension from the new items added to the tank, appreciate the reply however.

 

[ph123uk]

Just another quick update - all back to normal, no more microbubbles, skimmer back to pulling the gunk out - cheers all

 

[TheEngineer]

Awesome!