Okay all you mechanical folk, here's the deal.
I've got a Marineland Eclipse System Six with the in the hood power filter. It's a pretty good filter, and it is approximately 2 years old.
Every time power is cut to the filter (aka the power surge we had while on vacation!!) the filter no longer restarts itself. They're suppose to be self priming. The first time this happened I jiggled the thing and it worked. The second time it happened I had to clean the whole impellor casing and it worked (I called Marineland, they told me to take the thing apart and clean it).
Now it has happened yet again. I cleaned the impellor, have banged it around, to no avail. I know the motor still works because I can hear that humming, I'm just getting absolutely no water flow. Sometimes I can also hear the impellor banging around inside. When I took the impellor out I noticed that the magnates seem all sticky. When I wet them down thinking this will help reduce the friction, the impellor still refuses to spin. I got waterflow out of it once for just a few seconds before it quite (of course this was after I put the fish back in doh!). This was only after I had removed the uptake tube and let the filter siphon with just the casing in the water.
All the tubing and everything is clear and clean. What can I help to get the impellor spinning again? Is there some sort of lubercant it needs? Is the housing not on tight enough or is too tight? Do I need a new impellor? Replacing the whole unit is just too expensive for me right now, but that shouldn't be necessary if the motor still works, right?
This is kinda important because this is the home tank of my zebra pleco. Because I have no water circulation, I can't put my heater on either. So far I threw in an air stone, but I don't know how long this fish will last without proper circulation.
~~Colesea
I've got a Marineland Eclipse System Six with the in the hood power filter. It's a pretty good filter, and it is approximately 2 years old.
Every time power is cut to the filter (aka the power surge we had while on vacation!!) the filter no longer restarts itself. They're suppose to be self priming. The first time this happened I jiggled the thing and it worked. The second time it happened I had to clean the whole impellor casing and it worked (I called Marineland, they told me to take the thing apart and clean it).
Now it has happened yet again. I cleaned the impellor, have banged it around, to no avail. I know the motor still works because I can hear that humming, I'm just getting absolutely no water flow. Sometimes I can also hear the impellor banging around inside. When I took the impellor out I noticed that the magnates seem all sticky. When I wet them down thinking this will help reduce the friction, the impellor still refuses to spin. I got waterflow out of it once for just a few seconds before it quite (of course this was after I put the fish back in doh!). This was only after I had removed the uptake tube and let the filter siphon with just the casing in the water.
All the tubing and everything is clear and clean. What can I help to get the impellor spinning again? Is there some sort of lubercant it needs? Is the housing not on tight enough or is too tight? Do I need a new impellor? Replacing the whole unit is just too expensive for me right now, but that shouldn't be necessary if the motor still works, right?
This is kinda important because this is the home tank of my zebra pleco. Because I have no water circulation, I can't put my heater on either. So far I threw in an air stone, but I don't know how long this fish will last without proper circulation.
~~Colesea
