[AquaticLife] Impeller maybe wearing out
Hi Dora, Impellers don’t really wear out but in the Fluval filter if they stop spinning it means that the hole they are in may be getting smaller due to expanding drive pole pieces or that the impeller washers are worn and more have to be added. I am sure the Fluval company does not want me giving out repair advice as I have had some of these filters going for a long time- maybe 10 years. The pump of the Fluval filter is the weakest part and of that the Impeller cover the cheapest garbage material on earth. I just use the canister design and allow an external pump to do the work needed and they -Magdrive 350 does a wonderful job. Usually if a pump stops it can be started with a sharp rap on the top section of the filter. I check my tanks every day so I catch any unusual activities within 24 hours.
Best regards,
Sam Palermo, Chief Engineer Skywave Broadcast Engineering, Chicago (708)334-2260 Past Teac/Tascam Service Technician still doing repairs.
Dora Smith wrote: > > Speaking of impellers wearing out, mine has quit on me several times > over the past week. First time I thought that the fact that it may > have been stopped for as much as two days accounted for the chemistry > of my tank suddenly shot, but I think that may have been caused by a > dead fish. Only determined pumping water through the unit with my > turkey baster, fiddling with a pipe cleaner, and finally pushing down > on it with the turkey baster, have gotten it working again. > > It’s a Penguin/ Marineland 100. > > Should I change the impeller? If so, how do I go about it? > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > tiggernut24@yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
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