Help with a juwel filter issue.

[jimmur_2000]

Hi,

We've had our fish tank for a month now, so we are in the 'cycle' trying to get the tank right to add in fish. We where told to get three fish to start with after 24 hours of leaving the tank running without fish.
All was going well, our fish had babies and life was good. Today we took some sample water into our aquarium store and they told use that the nitrates are too high. So they suggested that we replace 50% of the water and add some "tonic salts" to the water.
My fiancee changed the water and added the salts, but now the filter is making a strange sound and is not pumping out any water!!
At the moment we are at a loss of what the problem could be, I have looked at the seal of the pump and it seems fine. Nothing was changed just the water and the 'salts' added. Has anybody got any ideas of what the problem could be??
At the moment we have turned the filter off for a few hours to see if this solves the problem.

Thanks for any help

Jim

 

[GT4TY Brome]

Air!

I had the same problem sometimes with my Rekord 70. All the problem is that there is some air inside the pump. Take the pump out, put it into the main part of the tank and shake it around a bit to make sure that all of the air is out of it. Also, you might have to take the pump in halve, then close it again underwater. Then, try to put the pump back without losing too much water, and that should fix it.

Oh, this is what happened when my pump did this, but if this doesn't work, then obviously it is due to something else, which i sadly don't know about.

Hope this helps!

 

[jimmur_2000]

We've just tried your suggestion and it's worked!!
Great stuff thanks V much.

Hopefully the fish will be OK.


Jim