Oh Goody...

[GoldfishAttentionSpan]

Dang filter went out on the ten gallon... I saw my betta, Pocky, was stuck in it, so I turned it off to let him get loose, but we were on our way out to dinner so I didn't have time to fill it back up and turn it back on (once it's off I have to fill it back up with water for whatever reason). I left it and decided to deal with it when I got home. Well, we got home and I start filing the thing up, and I realize its taking and awful lot of cups of water for such a little filter. Its not leaking, so I guess it has to be going out the intake somehow? I turn it on to see if I can get the suction going the other way, and it wont do a darn thing.

Anyway, normally the 10 gallon has 3 WCMMs and one betta, and the 5 gallon has one betta. I put the WCMMs in the 5 gallon (its filtered) but that betta wouldn't quit harrasing the WCMMs, so I am putting him in a breeding net in the ten gallon because I don't have a filter. Is this ok?

I don't have a spare filter, and I had been planning on getting a whole new set up next month when Petco has their big fish tank sale, but will this be ok until then?

Also, I thought about putting Pocky with the WCMMs in the 5 gallon, but I think that would really make things cramped.

Thoughts, comments, pointing fingers and laughing that I don't have a back up filter? (Quite deserve it! )

 

[Tolak]

Did you try taking it apart & cleaning the impeller? I've found that with some hob filters you need to give the impeller a poke with something to get it started. I usually grab a pen, it's skinny enough to fit down in there.

 

[qoftheq]

The impeller cleaning thing sounds good. In my experience, most HOBs let you pull the impeller right out and mess with it, and thats exactly what I do whenever they fail.

Also, this sounds weird, but I've had extraordinary luck with emptying the filter of water, plugging it in, and whacking it firmly against the side of the tank until it makes an angry noise. *shrug* What can I say, its worked for me more than once.

 

[fishwatcher]

Must be that time of year... including myself, you're the third or fourth person who has recently lost a filter. Da*n things!

 

[QuotheRaven]

My mothers HOB filter was acting up to a little clean and polish and ran like...a thing that runs well