power head

[ninnybone]

i have three powerheads one maxi jet about300gph and two others dont remeber what kind one 600 one 300 gph the problem is they put little bubbles in the water not always about every min. or so one of them will shoot a burst of little bubbles witch makes my water luck cloudy.before i got any of them water was cristle clear dont know what to do. any help. PS they came with little hoses to control (i guess) air bubbles i didnt use them i just put on the caps instead is that the prob. :?

 

[ChrisRD]

If they are totally submerged you shouldn't need the caps over the air intake ports (since they're underwater anyway) and you definitely don't need the air supply lines.

How far under the surface are they submerged?
Any chance air bubbles are accumulating somewhere on the bottom of the pumps?
(Sometimes this can happen which forms a large bubble that periodically gets sucked into the intake - thus the burst of bubbles).
How long have you been using these pumps?

 

[ninnybone]

going to take off caps see if that helps. underwater mid tank.been using pumps about two months.
thanks going to try caps and check bubbles

 

[ninnybone]

nothing is working.anybody have antmore ideas bubbles driving me crazy.might just throw them all away and get new ones.another $100 or so thrown away :roll:

 

[Anonymous]

I would think that they must be getting air somehow. Are they close to the suface and sucking air from the surface? I like Chris's theory of air gradually accumilating on the bottom of the pump. Try turning the pumps on their sides??

 

[shavo]

seriously is it that bad? air bubbles are accumulating somewhere inside the pump until it builds up and releases then you see the burst! what other things are going on in your tank? do you have something putting out alot of micro bubbles somewhere else that is accumulating in your powerheads? lol, maybe you are running your skimmer 24/7 like 92% of the people on here lol BTW you all converted Mr.X to a 24/7 so it must be 99% now i guess. anyhow bubbles are building up in your powerheads, some power heads have a foam shield that goes over the intake of the pump this may help out. I have these bursts too but it doesn't sound to be as frequest as yours are since they are driving you crazy, how long has the tank been running? I noticed that these bursts happened alot more frequently before my tank was well established. now they are much more infrequent. good luck

 

[shavo]

chris RD makes a point, if they are submerged why are they capped? if they are capped maybe this is how air is getting trapped in the pumps, take off the caps and see how it is after that.
btw how long has this been going on and how long has the tank been running????

 

[ninnybone]

have took caps off. still doing it. tank has been up 1 1/2 years.powerheads2months am going to try turning them sideways.they are not real bad but does make my tank look cloudy.it use to be so clear.i do notice some little bubbles on the bootomof them.it seems like it comes and gos.when one does it it seems like they all start to do it and then they may not do it for awhile.sure wood like to figure it out before i have to throw them away and start over. going to have lfs owner come over and check it out.any other ideas,will try anything

 

[SnowManSnow]

run them upside down and see if that helps.

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[dnorton1978]

Any luck with those bubbles? I get them too, but not as often as you seem too. I agree they are very aggravating. Let me know what does the trick for you and I will try it.. Thanks

 

[waymack97]

are the powerheads close to each other or blowing towards each other maybe they are sucking each others flow causing the bubbles.
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[dnorton1978]

For me no. I have the Hydor attachments on them so they rotate.

 

[waymack97]

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[ninnybone]

nothing seems to be working. i have one upper middle on one end and one lower middle other end and they do blow toward each other. then i have one on the back upper middle facing the front glass. if that makes any since.any where else i have put them throws sand up everywhere still up for anyother ideas. do you think they shouldnt face eachother. it is 4 ft end to end :?:

 

[trido]

I would try to unplug the two no namers and see if the maxi jet causes any problems. Id bet that the impellers on your no nameer are chopping the water with the impeller, literally tearing the water apart creating bubbles. I had a zoo-med power sweep do that a while back. About once ever few minutes it would send out a surge of micro bubbles that came from nowhere.

 

[ninnybone]

nothing worked so unpluged all but maxjett and two hours water is starting to clear up.so im wondering what kind to replace them with. dont like max jetts works good but very ugly any ideas.

 

[dnorton1978]

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=100182

Try these. They provide great flow and not as expensive as Tunze, also not the same quality either, but an affordable alternative. I am thinking of switching when i get some more cash..

 

[trido]

nothing worked so unpluged all but maxjett and two hours water is starting to clear up.so im wondering what kind to replace them with. dont like max jetts works good but very ugly any ideas.

How about a closed loop system.

 

[ninnybone]

what is closed loop

 

[trido]

It is a way of circulating water.

Simply put, a water intake, a pump, and a couple returns. It is a closed system as opposed to an open system like a sump. If you do a search here you will find alot of threads about them if your interested.