Well it's been a while since I totally spazzed.
That changed tonight... no weird screams like last time, but still drove me to the edge...
Came home to my skimmer cup absolutely full. Didn't see any die off in the tank so it is a bit of a mystery...
Turned off skimmer pump, emptied cup and turned the skimmer back on... I don't know about you, but I always cringe when I turn any pumps off - my experiences have shown that they don't always want to turn back on - tonight was a slight variation - it turned back on too
RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE.
Unplugged it, plugged it back in. Several times. NO LUCK! :mad:
So that's when the fun started...
I quickly discovered that the cord for the skimmer pump was at the bottom of the cord jungle!
Pulling it out spilled water from return line on to the jungle of cords and tore half my electrical out!!
Had to move everything in my 10 gallon little sump to get the pump out...
Took it apart, clean as a whistle! I could hear the pump laughing at me!
Put it back together. No more rattle. Everything back to normal.. except me!!
I did learn something... rather than turning off the pump to lower bubble level in skimmer to remove cup. Just remove the air silencer on the venturi. Sooooo much easier. Aquariums are really peaceful aren't they?
