Help Help!! Please! (cross post)need help

[tooldud1]

Help Help!! Please!

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My 55 gal tank has a emperoer 400 that is making a real loud noise. I have taken everything apart and the motor makes no noise when the impeller is out. There nothing in the way. I have the bio wheels in the tank floating. is that okay. Do I need a new impeller or a whole new unit? It is 10:17 pm and every thing is closed. There is a air bubble maker in there. Are the fish okay?

2 clown loches
4 zebra danios
1 cory cat
1 emerald cat
2 neon teteras

sorry about spelling I am freaking out please help me

[carpguy]

Yes the fish are fine. There is good bacteria on every hard surface in the tank and they'll take care of the nitrogen waste until tomorrow.

Sounds like a bad impeller. I don't know the first thing about Emperors. Do you know what the mechanism is supposed to look like? Are there any parts that are missing/broken?

I'd think you'd be able to replace an impeller. I guess it depends on your LFS. If you wind up with a new filter don't forget to save at least half of the old media.

Your tank isn't all that heavily stocked… keep an eye on the ammonia, maybe do a water change if it'll help but there are a lot of bacteria outside of the filter: they're still doing their thing.

Don't panic.

[YuccaPatrol]

Almost every time this happens, the impeller is bad, clogged up with something, or the unit has not been put back together right after maintenance.

Don't buy a new filter if a new impeller will fix it!

[jmattingly]

Did you recently do a water change?

Whenever I change my water, the level drops far enough that I loose the suction power in my bio wheel filter. You have to re-prime those with tank water, after you fill the tank back up. Until I do that, mine always makes a lot of noise, as it is trying to get the suction going again.

Joe

[tooldud1]

Thank you everybody :thm: ! I had already taken apart and cleaned it very well. I had it as dry as a bone. Cleaned with q-tip. Put it back together and all is well at the moment. I was also able to contact a local aquarium friend who helped me out with the same advise as you all.

Thanks again with my plea for help.