I have a sca-301 and it works pretty good after about a year the pump that had come with it had failed so i went to the LFS and purchased a new pump that fit into the inlet. Everything seems to be working fine I have to set it one setting higher with this pump 3 instead of 2 however it seems to be skimming just fine. My question is I was doing my monthly cleaning of the skimmer and it appears that the new pump is not a needlewheel pump like the old one. From what i read most skimmers are needlewheel because people say they break the bubbles into smaller bubbles for better skimming. Should i replace the pump again to a needlewheel pump it really seems to skim just fine collection cup is almost full of stinky brown tea colored water every 2 to 3 days.
Question about my protein skimmer
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I could do that as well getting a pump with needlewheel impeller and using this one for a spare powerhead wouldn't be a issue im more or less waiting for someone to explain to me a good reason to switch it cause like i said it seems to skim well in fact it seems to operate better than stock pump.
Reef noob_
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If it's doing well I wouldn't worry about it at all. I've got a sca 301 body that the pump died on as well. What model pump did you use as a replacement?
I've also heard of people putting mesh I their impellers as a diy needlewheel.
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I got a aquatop maxflow 343 gph swp-1300 for the replacement pump
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