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Probably pretty well known but I always clean filter impellors - they don't really get scale (or mine don't), but I find a rub with a cloth helps (sometimes in mine they block up and stop). Might be just unlucky as the CO2 injection also has gear with impellors so running impellors for 4 or 5 things in the tank.