It was almost a disaster - Aquarium Advice

lyquidphyre · 09-28-2006, 04:05 PM

Well, on top of my betta dying in my 3gal for reasons unknown to me, and my goldfish dying in my 29gal for reasons unknown to me.. I almost had a disaster in my 75gal tank.

I hooked up a UV sterilizer to it a few weeks ago and I had to turn the flow down. Well, over the last few days my diatoms got REALLY bad and when I looked closer, there were the beginnings of dark green spots. Thats when I realized there was no water coming out of my outtake. After further investigation, my filter was so dirty that when putting it on a lower flow just completly stopped it.

So I cleaned out my filter, and have it running full blast and tomorrow I will lower the flow for the UV sterilizer. Ugh. That could have been bad!

Now, I need to figure out what to do with my 29 and 3gal tanks =o/

jbarr · 09-30-2006, 02:09 AM

guppies.

**An t-iasg** · 09-30-2006, 12:47 PM

Sorry about your fish

I have a feeling my canister filter is running slow too. I'm procrastinating opening it up and cleaning it. I've had some bad algae breakouts and although it's coming under control, I bet globs of dead algae are in the filter.

Now that the filter flow is back to normal for you, you can evaluate the performance of the UV sterilizer a little better. Were you having green water difficulties?

Ferret_Friend · 10-01-2006, 06:58 PM

This reminds me. I need to clean the filters in my tanks again.

09-28-2006, 04:05 PM	#1
lyquidphyre Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Denton, Tx Posts: 2,858 Images: 21	It was almost a disaster Well, on top of my betta dying in my 3gal for reasons unknown to me, and my goldfish dying in my 29gal for reasons unknown to me.. I almost had a disaster in my 75gal tank. I hooked up a UV sterilizer to it a few weeks ago and I had to turn the flow down. Well, over the last few days my diatoms got REALLY bad and when I looked closer, there were the beginnings of dark green spots. Thats when I realized there was no water coming out of my outtake. After further investigation, my filter was so dirty that when putting it on a lower flow just completly stopped it. So I cleaned out my filter, and have it running full blast and tomorrow I will lower the flow for the UV sterilizer. Ugh. That could have been bad! Now, I need to figure out what to do with my 29 and 3gal tanks =o/ __________________ Have cats? Check out AA's sister site designed for our feline friends

09-30-2006, 12:47 PM	#3
An t-iasg Aquarium Advice Addict Community Admin Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Criders Corners/Glen Eden (Pittsburgh, PA) Posts: 6,984 Images: 40	Sorry about your fish I have a feeling my canister filter is running slow too. I'm procrastinating opening it up and cleaning it. I've had some bad algae breakouts and although it's coming under control, I bet globs of dead algae are in the filter. Now that the filter flow is back to normal for you, you can evaluate the performance of the UV sterilizer a little better. Were you having green water difficulties? __________________ The canal walk through downtown Indianapolis

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