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LEE_WILMOT_706 Enthusiast Posts: 243 Kudos: 201 Votes: 3 Registered: 27-Jun-2004	I have a tank tht has a bio-wheel. The water is drawn in by the box filter and push up a duct, along out and along the filters and goes back into the tank, and it starts all over again. The problem is wen it gets drawn in and up the duct, it makes a noise like theres no water there and white foamy bubbles appear at the duct. This means lees water is bein filterd. Can anyone tell me why this is happening ??
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	Trying seeing if there is a switch/lever of some sort that will allow you to increase the pressure...that has usually worked well with me on my filters of the same sort. Also when you start it up, add water straight to the container where the filter media is, so that the filter doesn't have to try so hard to fill the container on it's own...and then when it is full you will know because the loud sucking noise almost immediately dies down or stops... hope that helps, heidi "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Like Heidi suggested make sure the box is full with water before starting it. I generally add enough that' it's started to flow back into the tank as if it were running. Is this a filter you just got or did you just do filter maintence? In both cases you might want to try taking it apart and reassembling, sometimes things arent lined up exactly right. Make sure the filter is level and the intake is placed in all the way. I've had both situations lower filtering power. ^_^ [hr width='40%']"Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable and life's like an hourglass, glued to the table No one can find the rewind button girl, So cradle your head in you hands And breathe, just breathe..."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000	I agree with both of the lovely ladies previous. If you have to pull it apart to take a peek, make sure the impeller is in good shape, and that it's seated properly, and that there is no obvious obstructions in the uplift tube.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
LEE_WILMOT_706 Enthusiast Posts: 243 Kudos: 201 Votes: 3 Registered: 27-Jun-2004	Thanks guys I had a look at it today took everything out, and it was all block up with gunge, so I cleared it all out and now there is a nice steady flow of water, and the cories are playin in the current, its funny ! Thanks again for the help !!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	Lee, hint of advice on the corries, try getting them an airstone with a pump...not a small one, but one of the longish rectangular ones that sits on the bottom of the tank...then watch the mayhem begin...mine sure do love their airstone, and play in it almost constantlyhml "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
LEE_WILMOT_706 Enthusiast Posts: 243 Kudos: 201 Votes: 3 Registered: 27-Jun-2004	Thanks for the advice houston, I will definately take tht up, in my nxt tank
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39


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