Regular Member mailboxck Posted December 7, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted December 7, 2004 I guess you all know what an air pump is. Those darn noisy vibrating things that produce the lovely lil bubbles we all love. Mine is those lil single ones. I've been using it for a year then one day, i noticed that it produced a whole lot less bubbles. Upon inspection, i saw that the lil "rubber bladder" inside which "pumps" in torn up because of wear and tear. I bought a new "rubber bladder" and it's a direct replacement so no problems there. So now my air pump is working well but the question is, do any of you guys have the same problem? Another prob too that we all have here is that the air line connected directly to the air pump turns black after a few months. Why is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member pm94 Posted December 7, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted December 7, 2004 I have a couple that have passed the one year mark and make some awfull noises. I just got another cheapo for it rather than replace the rubber piece which I'll do eventually. My guess on the air tubing turning black would be from the rubber diaphram starting to break down. You would get little dust particles flowing into the tubing and make deposits where they can. That or the tube is warming up a little causing charring. I've noticed mine turn a brownish color rather than black though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member selena685 Posted December 7, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted December 7, 2004 I was told that the rubber diaphram in the air pumps tend to wear away eventually. It good to have a good well known brand so it's easier to get parts for it when things start wearing away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mailboxck Posted December 8, 2004 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 8, 2004 My LFS sells those diaphrams for a low price. The cost of around 4 to 5 of those diaphrams is equivalent to a brand new air pump. Good deal though. The parts inside are still ok and the diaphram is much cheaper. The original diaphram is black, which i guess causes the tube to turn black as well. The replacement diaphram is orangy, so hopefully it wont turn the tube black again. Anothing thing that i think causes diaphrams to break is due to the long hoses i use. I also use 1 single air pump to supply 2 aquariums. I think i might have overworked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mailboxck Posted December 10, 2004 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 10, 2004 How noisy are your air pumps? Mine is so noisy that my mom thought that all my stuff in the aquarium are shut off. The filters don't make noise. Its just that darn noisy air pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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