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PLEASE HELP!
I'm all setup but my pump is acting funky. It worked when I tested it yesterday, so I bought some plants today and came home to find the pump not working.
This is a brand new mag pump. All I did was add some plant food, and I left to get plants and it somehow lost it's will to work.
Just a little amount of water will bubble out of it. If I pull the pump out of the water for one second and place it back in, then it works at full force (550gph). Like it needs a sip of air to get the motor spinning. When it's on a timer, it can't restart itself without lifting it out of the water and placing it down again.
It's too late to call botanicare about this tonight, but if there is anything simple I can do, please help.
The only thing I can think of is that the motor isn't able to pull the full amperage it needs to get spinning up underwater. How much power are you pulling from the circuit it's plugged into? This is worth a shot, but try using an extension cord and plug it into another plug from a different circuit that you're not using much power from. Let me know if this works for you. Good luck man!