anyone have a mod idea to help my prizm?

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  1. chef & toast

    chef & toast Astrea Snail

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    i have a prizm filter that keeps losing its suction. i have to have it on a fairly low flow to work properly {only letting the water in at about 25% of capacity} and it keeps losing its suction and i have to prime it again. anyone know of a mod i can do to help this?
     
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  2. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Dont know anything about those skimmers, but it sounds like its clogged somewhere. Have you checked the lines, cleaned the impeller on the pump, or just cleaned the whole system???
     
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  3. MILLERTIME

    MILLERTIME Feather Duster

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    run some warm water down your pipes, or likelunatik said just clean the whole system. what do you have to lose?
     
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  4. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Do a search on "prizm" using 3Reef "search link" above - have had lots of discussion on them in past.
     
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  5. Frizza

    Frizza Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Best mod for a Prizm is to buy a different skimmer! ;)

    I had one for around 6 months and then replaced it with a coralife, great value and works really well...ohh and it's quiet. :)
     
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  6. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Been there...

    I started out with a "Skilter"

    But what the hey??? --- it was a good "starter" skimmer, cheap, and worked (barely adequately), if you monkeyed around with it...

    Not everyone can afford to spend lots of $ when just starting out. (or have not learned yet they need to.) :-/
     
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  7. Frizza

    Frizza Coral Banded Shrimp

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    The skimmer I now have was actually cheaper than the prizm I originally bought!! Over here in England the prizm will be in nearly every lfs as well as the seaclone. It wasn't till I seeked advice (on 3reef :) ) that I realised the skimmer was no good! Thats the problem when you start out, you go to your local supplier and assume (wrongly) that the equipment they sell is good...now I know better ;)
     
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  8. wastemanagement

    wastemanagement Eyelash Blennie

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    every now and then my Prizm loses suction also , will skim like theres no tommorow one day and will hardly skim a thing the next , its my expirience that when my salinity changes so does my skimmer and im not talking any great values with the salinity. the problems I have had with this seem never ending. but as for the suction loss be carful when using the surface skimmer as it seem to me that when the tank level i close to the bottom of the slots it the cup the the surface tention of the water may restrict the flow ?
    I cant wait to buy a new Skimmer
    good luck
     
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