Skimmerless?? Anyone??Miracle Mud??

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by BCOrchidGuy

That's great Beverly, thanks for the input. I've started steering away from the hagan power heads because of corrosion on the shafts

You mean the impeller shaft? Hmmm... I haven't had any problems with impeller shafts, except when I've broken one, which taught me a lesson not to clean in there with a toothbrush

If I leave the powerhead uncleaned for over two weeks, which is rare, the impeller and shaft, all the way to the very bottom, gets a huge slime build up. I'm sure this impairs performance. Even when I break down and clean it weekly, I notice an improvement in water movement when I plug the thing back in.

I would imagine slime build up would be apparent in all powerhead impeller chambers if not cleaned frequently, no matter what brand they are.