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08/09/2006, 12:47 AM
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Closed Loop Bubbles! Help!
I installed this closed loop after seeing melev's 29 gallon closed-loop ... and the magical part of it was that I was supposed to be able to prime the pump by pouring water where the cap unscrews .... I tried that and it didn't work ... it sounds like my pump still has trapped air in it?! What can I do ...
http://www.melevsreef.com/closedloop.html <- Melev's CL My CL...     
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08/09/2006, 01:02 AM
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I would just keep pouring water down there, after I stsrted my pump up it took about 15 secnds for it to start to work.
Another thing I would do is put a cap on the intake tube, and drill holes in the pipe. If you get something that gets sucked up into the pump it could burn it out. |
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08/09/2006, 01:06 AM
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Yea my pump works in a matter of seconds but as promised the bubbles don't go away ... I also thought of capping the intake like you said but for something to get clogged in there it has to go through my over flow teeth which are a lot smaller so it's quite impossible; not to mention I thought it would screw up how much water my pump needs to suck. Anyway I am leaving the CL on for the night maybe miraculously it'll fix itself!
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08/09/2006, 10:14 AM
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Anyone?
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08/09/2006, 11:18 AM
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it could be pulling in air from any of the joints. The tube that you use to prime the pump, is that air tight? Does it need to be? I would think that it does.
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08/09/2006, 11:26 AM
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Your inlet is in your overflow....That wont work thats where your air is coming from. Looks like you did a good job on it besides that though..
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08/09/2006, 11:29 AM
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i didn't even notice that. Definitely bubble being sucked up from the overflow.
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08/09/2006, 03:59 PM
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Aha ... should I extend my intake tube lower into the overflow? I just hate to have ugly PVC in my tank
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08/09/2006, 05:08 PM
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Sorry you will for sure have to move it out of the overflow for the bubbles to stop.. Just a couple of bubbles run into a pump turns into a million micro bubbles in the tank.. Same Idea as a skimmer.
You can get back pvc. Or take some of the purple Pvc primer and paint the pvc with it.. It will blend in pretty good.. Within a few weeks after Coraline starts growing on it you wont even knotice it anymore..
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08/09/2006, 05:41 PM
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Thanks Bud! Will take care of it tomm. when school finals are over ...
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