I have had a simple salt water tank set up for several years in the Red Sea Max. Althugh advertized as a handy little guy, I never nonded well with it. I found the two pumps (as one example, diffucult to clean and then restart. Either it won't pump water at all or the small black pice on the bottom falls off and lands at the bottom of the chamber or the top rattles or...!!!
After sevral years, I noticed that i required a higher and higher water level to get the pumps to work without bubbling or faltering. Usually after a good cleaning of the filter media, this would resolve, bot not this last year. So I opted to replace ALL the pumps in the tank. TTHe protien skimmer pump came to me broken..a piece was sheared off (and is on it's way back for replacement), THe pumps....oh the pumps....The bottom black portion refuses to stay over the impeller. It falls off almost immediately. If I can get it to stay, water spits out the area where the black portion attaches to the grey casing sending water everytwhere. THey also seem to require a HIGHER water level without said spitting then before I replaced them.
I feel like my whole pump order was a disaster.
Are there tricks to these pumps I don't know. Are there other brands I could use and dump the red sea max brand altogether!
After sevral years, I noticed that i required a higher and higher water level to get the pumps to work without bubbling or faltering. Usually after a good cleaning of the filter media, this would resolve, bot not this last year. So I opted to replace ALL the pumps in the tank. TTHe protien skimmer pump came to me broken..a piece was sheared off (and is on it's way back for replacement), THe pumps....oh the pumps....The bottom black portion refuses to stay over the impeller. It falls off almost immediately. If I can get it to stay, water spits out the area where the black portion attaches to the grey casing sending water everytwhere. THey also seem to require a HIGHER water level without said spitting then before I replaced them.
I feel like my whole pump order was a disaster.
Are there tricks to these pumps I don't know. Are there other brands I could use and dump the red sea max brand altogether!
One thing at a time!