Coralife Super Skimmer Help

[Octoberfest]

I've got a Coralife superskimmer125 and it's not working correctly. It was operating very strange as in it would make bubbles then stop for a second and work for a while then you'd hear it stop almost like it was skipping somehow. Well today I took it apart and cleaned it out, took the needle wheel out and cleaned in there, the works. I put it back together and it won't produce any bubbles now. If I put my hand over the inlet of the pump it will produce bubbles but that is the only way. I took the pump apart again and inspected it and couldn't see anything wrong, put it back together and it still won't work. It's moving water but not producing bubbles.

 

[Siklid]

i dont know the ss models, but it sounds like your air line is cloged or not connected

 

[Octoberfest]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7109555#post7109555 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Siklid
i dont know the ss models, but it sounds like your air line is cloged or not connected

I pulled it off and blew through it and it didn't seem to be clogged. There were a couple drops of water in it but I figured it would work it's way out. I pulled it off and blew through it while the pump was running and it produced bubbles but it's almost like the pump isn't pullin air through the line.

 

[Siklid]

hurm as a cheat then .. do you have a air pump around spare ... connect it should force air in

 

[psimitry]

It sounds like what happens if I turn down the air flow on mine: The impeller/needle wheel doesn't spin.

I don't honestly know if the 120G model has this valve but if it does, it'll be on the intake tube - turn it to where the handle is completely vertical to open it completely. Then adjust it via the water level valve.

 

[Octoberfest]

i found out what it was. the housing that the air tube goes to was cracked and won't seat properly. I pulled it off and I'm going to epoxy it together and hopefully it will work.