Eheim Spraybar output Not Enough?

OCCFan023

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Jul 29, 2004
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My eheim spraybar output is literally nothing. the water trickles out of the spray bar. I cleaned the tubes out 2 weeks ago and the flow was fine if not better than when I first started it (I also cleaned some of the internal sponges and stuff). Ive had it runnin since august do you think I should bring it in for a cleaning and replace the stuff inside of it like the sponges and clay thingys?
 

Avalon

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Oct 22, 2002
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#2
Which model do you have? Sounds like you might have gotten something clogged up in there, like a big glob of gunk in the impeller or around that area maybe? You might try sticking a pipe cleaner in the holes and see what you can work out of there. Aside from that, try a high pressure quirt of water (careful, big mess waiting to happen). With mine, I tend to clean the bottom layer of cermaic rings every time I change a sponge, as that brown stuff builds up in those rings pretty easily.