No Bubbles

[sardonicscorpio]

Protein skimmer decided to die on me. There are no bubbles. Theres water pressure, lines are all clear, checked for blockages...no bubbles. What am I not seeing?

 

[army67romeo]

what type of skimmer who made it?

 

[sardonicscorpio]

coralife skimmer

 

[SWSaltwater]

the venturi is plugged most likely or the volute is not pushed in all the way.

 

[JMCAquarium]

Me got one to, check where the airline plugs into the pipe under the water mine packs so badly with salt that the air flow stops and doesn't work anymore then ya have to pick it out.
I rig mine up alittle easier for clean out. I drilled out the pipe as wide as i could get it (3/8) and when ever it blocks. I pull the air tube and then run the drill real fast and it clears it easy, about 1 minutes worth of work. I takes about 3-4 weeks before 100% block agian.

 

[BonesCJ]

a usefull trick I do is every 2 weeks or so I'll put the air intake in a cup of Ro/DI on full open and just let it clear out the salt blockage that way

 

[sardonicscorpio]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11146991#post11146991 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SWSaltwater
the venturi is plugged most likely or the volute is not pushed in all the way.

um...whats a volute?

 

[GustavoAZ]

I think he is talking about the inlet nozzle. The piece that has the rubber air tubing attached to it. Salt gets in the passageway where the tube meets the nozzle and on rare occasions water is back feed to the silencer on those. You think you have a clear airline but your silencer is full of water and won't allow for air vaccum.