Bad luck with new tank...need more help!

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  1. franchise52

    franchise52 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    First Microbubbles.......now.................

    I bought an SMR1 bio pellet reactor and mag drive 3 pump....

    Hooked up pump external and it is super loud, real loud and not pumping water!!!:confused:

    Spent a pretty penny on set up! please help, dont want to ruin $80 pump!!
     
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  2. Atticus818

    Atticus818 Eyelash Blennie

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    Pump is outside of the tank/sump? (External?)
     
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    franchise52 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Pic of pump setup

    Help!
     

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    franchise52 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    pic is up atticus
     
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  5. xmetalfan99

    xmetalfan99 Giant Squid

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    You need the water to be in the pump already for it to work. It will not pull water up out of a sump. Drain needs to be below water or pump in the sump. Not the equipment's fault that you didn't read directions.
     
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    Atticus818 Eyelash Blennie

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    That pump has to be run under water. It is not meant to be ran in the way you have it set up. It will not prime like that, and ultimately will destroy the pump.
     
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    franchise52 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    How do I get water in?? Dunk it first??

    Can I not run this pump externally??
     
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  8. xmetalfan99

    xmetalfan99 Giant Squid

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    You need a hole in the side of your sump that is below the water level going to this pump.
     
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    franchise52 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    ooopppppsss! swore it says on box internal or external??? Will those steel screws on pump damage my tank???

    Thanks!
     
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    xmetalfan99 Giant Squid

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    It can be used as internally or externally. However, the pump will not prime itself. You need to have a hole in ur sump w/ a bulkhead. Then have the plumbing going to the pump. With the pump at the same level as or below the hole in the sump.
     
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