Need help trying to get Bubble Magus Skimmer going

[BarbH]

Finally got my tank filled with water and decided before turning in for the night would check to see if the skimmer worked. The skimmer I have is a bubble magus nac5e. I will applogize now for any terminalogy on the skimmer parts that I may describe wrong, and also sorry for any sp mistakes getting late and brain is getting somewhat fuzzy. From the information that I have been able to find I know that I need to prime the pump, I added saltwater into the cylindar body of the skimmer enough to cover the pvc elbow on the piece that runs from the pump into the body of the skimmer. I closed the air line valve completly and on the other side where the water leaves the skimmer I turned the pvc adjustment so that was closed. Plugged in the skimmer and all I get is a humming sound from the pump. I can feel it running and produced a little heat. Did not leave it plugged in for too long because if I am doing something wrong I don't want to burn out the pump. Any ideas of what I may be doing wrong or what I need to do to get this going? Or is it that my pump is not working properly, hoping that this is not the case. I had gotten the skimmer from a local reefer, so it is not like I can contact the company to have it replaced under warrranty. If needed I can post some pictures of the skimmer and the way that I have it set up tomorrow. Thanks

 

[pumarjr]

the spindle is locked up, you must tap the pump or whatever it takes to get the impeller moving.

 

[H2O]

Open the air valve all the way and turn the skimer valve to open , try that make sure the impeller is spinning if not then open the pump and look at it sometimes small snails go in there and get it stuck , how old is the skimmer most of the time the impeller on the pump gets worn out and it don't make enough bubbles

 

[BarbH]

Open the air valve all the way and turn the skimer valve to open , try that make sure the impeller is spinning if not then open the pump and look at it sometimes small snails go in there and get it stuck , how old is the skimmer most of the time the impeller on the pump gets worn out and it don't make enough bubbles

Not sure how old the skimmer is since I had gotten it used. However I have gotten it working. Took the pump apart and tried spinning the impellar which it did spin. Took the impellar out and made sure nothing was in there. Put the impellar back in and put everything back together again. Put the skimmer back on the tank set it up for priming, plugged in and it is now working. Thinking I am finally in business, now it is a matter of learning the adjustments on this skimmer.

Thanks everyone, do think I will look into getting an extra impellar to have on hand in case this one does stop working.