Has anyone successfully replaced the atman ph2000 pump in a sca302 skimmer with a better, more reliable, and different brand?
For months i have asked this question, as it became a 6 month, then 3 month, and now a monthly chore of completely servicing this pump, and finally, two of its critical pieces, the inside rubber fairring/gasket vanished, and the white plastic pinion snapped.
It is just not producing enough air, now to get skimmate into the overflow chamber, period, and my DT is reaching critical mass.
The body of the sca302 seems to be fine, and i would like to replace it with another brand of pump, but it is difficult to see what additional modifications might be necessary in order to upgrade to something more reliable like a sicce or an eheim.
I could choose another atman ph2000, but i feel like i will just g down this same path another year from now, and i would prefer to avoid that problem entirely.
Please, just answers from people with experience on this. I'm not even certain that the impeller is the ultimate culprit, as the stalls might be related to a broken current in the housing of the pump.
Thanks in advance.
For months i have asked this question, as it became a 6 month, then 3 month, and now a monthly chore of completely servicing this pump, and finally, two of its critical pieces, the inside rubber fairring/gasket vanished, and the white plastic pinion snapped.
It is just not producing enough air, now to get skimmate into the overflow chamber, period, and my DT is reaching critical mass.
The body of the sca302 seems to be fine, and i would like to replace it with another brand of pump, but it is difficult to see what additional modifications might be necessary in order to upgrade to something more reliable like a sicce or an eheim.
I could choose another atman ph2000, but i feel like i will just g down this same path another year from now, and i would prefer to avoid that problem entirely.
Please, just answers from people with experience on this. I'm not even certain that the impeller is the ultimate culprit, as the stalls might be related to a broken current in the housing of the pump.
Thanks in advance.
