Mike
01-23-2010, 04:17 PM
Last night I noticed that my skimmer was not putting out nearly the same amount of skimmate or bubbles as it had a few days prior.  I made sure the venturis were clear with the suck the fresh water test.  That is when I noticed how weak the sucking was.  This prompted me to remove the pumps to inspect them.  When I took off the cover I found shells in between the needles on the wheel and even some coagulated super glue (from glueing down corals the other day) that needed to be removed.  I removed the gunk, rinsed things down in RO and hooked the pumps up again.  The Alpha is running like a champ once more!