Came home from work tonight. Heard strange noise immediatly after walking in door. The main pump on my 100g tank, a iwaki wmd40rlxt, HAD STOPPED PUMPING!!!!!
To make it worse, the tank drained into the sump and the sump OVERFLOWED
!!
So, I had to scramble to find a new pump on a saturday evening. The best I could find was a 4mdqsc little giant. Used....for $99. So I get home with the pump and start tearing apart the plumming. After draing the water out of the sump. When I get the Iwaki off, I see a piece of airline tubing sticking out of it...again....
So, I pull the airline tubing out and hook the pump back up. Works like a charm! I have know idea how long the tank was down (forgot to check timers :rolleyes
but I worked on it for two hours straight! I had 2 mj900's running in it to keep the surface agitated. It seems that everyone is alright, a little slimy, but alright. Thank God!
I actually noticed over the past couple days that the pump was sounding funny. I guess this 6" piece of airline tubing had been working its way in for a couple days. When I got home from work tonight, the pump was just frozen. It was still making some terrible noise but it wasn't moving ANY water. I wonder if that could be compared to running it dry? Needless to say, its a good point about
Iwaki pumps. I thought the thing just quit. Thats why I went and got the little giant. Now I have to try and take it back! That should be fun! I might just be stuck with it. Oh well....could have a spare!
Thanks for listening to me whine!
Dennis
"A BRW Original"
