Bubble Magus Curve 7 Overheating

[HenryLimpet]

Have anyone seen this before? My bubble magus curve 7 was overheating & raised my tank to 81 Degrees. I got the tank temp down and cleaned the skimmer and that seemed to help. The thing is the skimmer was not that dirty and is only a couple of years old. I contacted Bubble Magus but have not heard anything back from them. It seems to be stable for how but wonder if I should replace the pump. Thank god I have a temp warning alarm.

Thanks Kelly

[TaylorW]

Have anyone seen this before? My bubble magus curve 7 was overheating & raised my tank to 81 Degrees. I got the tank temp down and cleaned the skimmer and that seemed to help. The thing is the skimmer was not that dirty and is only a couple of years old. I contacted Bubble Magus but have not heard anything back from them. It seems to be stable for how but wonder if I should replace the pump. Thank god I have a temp warning alarm.

Thanks Kelly

Yikes I would replace the pump if it overheats but that's me, I had a heater malfunction a while back and anything that overheats is OUT. On the other hand I don't even use heaters now and rely on all my pumps (return, two skimmer pumps and a reactor pump) for steady heat (tank stays at ~78) so you betcha if one overheats it's gone... I don't know what kind of pump those skimmers use but that's a scary wait and see thing for me in case it acts up again and continues over heating while you're at work or something, especially if you don't have something set up to alert you it's happening (which fortunately you do!) Maybe someone else can offer better advise since I've personally never actually owned one [emoji39] 

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[albertareef]

Yikes. I would be very suspicious if a skimmet pump heated up a tank like that. Most of these are on the order of 30W or less and shouldn’t under normal circumstances add that mush heat. I would replace ASAP to be safe.