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In all, it took about two hours to drain the sump, remove the pumps, replaced the defective pump, reattach the pumps, and fill the sump. Everything worked GREAT! There was only ONE SMALL PROBLEM..........................

Got the fittings put on the new pump and attatched it to the sump. Filled the sump, primed the pumps and turned them on. Both fired up and NO DRIPS OR LEAKS from the bulkheads.

We took apart the assembly on the non working pump to find the bad news, not only was the impeller shot, but it was melted to the spindle of the housing. [

We then removed the second pump, the one that had stopped working, cleaned and dried the opening.

We got the pump removed from the leaking bulkhead... The hole looked OK so cleaned and dried...

Tight squeeze getting to the bulkheads....

Originally Posted by alexmir I wonder if that black tang knows he is special?!?! I wonder???? I do know that it is very shy, and heads into the cave any time anyone gets close to the tank. It's a shame, there really aren't that many black fish that I know of. People who look at the tank in...

Originally Posted by stdreb27 If you ever need another pump, I've got an Iwaki mx70 that puts out about that much flow. I ran it for an hour, but it was too much flow, and filled my tank with bubbles. Thank you for the offer. Right now, I have some part coming to fix the one that quit and I...

A change from the equipment issues... I wasn't planning on taking picture of anything in the tank, but the camera was close by when the Black tang made a rare appearance and was out and about. Of course he kept behind all of the water streaks on the tank, so forgive the quality of the photos......

Well, Thanks again to Willy for offering to stop by and help with the changing of the pumps. Willy to the rescue once again. Not only was one pump not running, the second working pump developed a leak at the bulkhead causing the loss of about 30 gallons in 24 hour period. (another reason for...

Originally Posted by Hefner413 man, what are the specs on that thing?! 1750 GPH, Max Head 39', 290 Watts Originally Posted by alexmir I was thinking the same thing!! That pump is huge! how much did it weigh? The large pump weighted 20 lbs.

New toy..............wore my other one out.......

The new pumps arrived, just in case there is some thing the new impeller doesn't fix. I hate to have to drain the sump and find that the pump is shot. Also bought a couple of new bulkheads and PLUGS, just in case......

Originally Posted by Hefner413 another thought... would there be a warranty for that piece? It's almost a year and a half old, so I think that the warranty has expired, Used some Weldon to try and seal things up. Should be dry by tomorrow and will see if it still leaks..........

Now for the bad news, I pipes below the large reactor were darn near plugged shut. I'm pretty sure that was the main reason the pump stopped running. I cleaned the magnet and there wasn't much in the way of scoring from the material inside the pump. I found where the water was leaking from...

First for the good news. The pump works fine. After removing what felt like wet cement from the bottom of both cylinders, the reactor cleaned up nicely. Almost looks as good as the day I got it......

Well, I have GOOD news and BAD news....................

Good news! The impeller in the Blueline pump on the calcium reactor is in one piece. I am hopeful with a little cleaning it will fire back up!

Originally Posted by fishkid13 I am sorry what happened. Do you have a million or so dollors and it seems more like a tang tank than a sps tank. Oh and how many gals is the tank again? There are more tangs than SPS corals. Water just isn't good enough for the SPS corals. There are a few, but...

Originally Posted by paintballer768 By the way it does look like a little sps something is growing the middle there. I should have taken a better picture of it before I placed it in the tank. Will be interesting to see if it grows. I set the piece in a fairly high flow area in the tank...