Corbo
Aquarium Advice Freak
I can't wait to see it! I'm getting more plants for mine this weekend! I'm hoping to make it look like a forest I definitely want to get a carpet going. I hope I'm not just dreaming
That's awesome about your socket! Good deal!
That sucks though if your filter isn't working. Do you currently use carbon in your media? I found that helps clear up the water. If you already do use carbon, then yeah, something must be wrong.
Btw, I bought my first round of live plants today... and failed miserably! LOL I already have a few posts on here about what happened, so I'm not going to reiterate it here. I'm just glad I'm not a fish n00b anymore or else I would be really dangerous!
Maybe you can use the money you saved on the hood socket to upgrade to a better filter.
I know it was really a good deal...but yeah not on the filter so far. The filter cartridge is the same as what you'll put in a whisper 2-10i..the medium one..is that a carbon? The water is flowing but I think the long tube that goes in the water is not sucking up anything...but the rest is working fine...I don't know how to troubleshoot it. I don't have a manual...
And I cannot wait to see your thread about the plants. Don't worry if it looks like it melted right now if that was what happened, they will bounce back pretty soon. Just give them time to be unstress from being shipped and all. I don't believe you are not a wet thumb for plants. You can do it!
You should be able to tell really quick if there's carbon in your filter. Just rub your fingers over it and if you feel bumps, that's the carbon. Btw, I'm assuming that you have the prepared media and not using anything like Bio-Bags. I use the Bio-Bags, (the ones where you put the media over a reusable holder, and manually add carbon).
Yes, it is the one that is bumpy and its a catridge, supposedly disposable. I inserted it back the way it was after I took out all the gucky stuff when it was still sucked dry, hoping that even if the good bacteria was already dead, somehow it will still help the cycling. So I think I did have the carbon one. I think I have the Bio-bag too but the one that is already ready to go and the disposable kind.
I noticed in the pics you just added that the water is flowing pretty good out of your filter. Is it possible that when you added the dirt, it traveled into the media and has clogged it up? Have you tried rinsing out the media yet?
Yes, the water flow is working good. The filter looks like it is working good. But what I am wondering that is not working is the long tube connected to the filter that goes inside the tank to suck the stuff from the water (I tried putting my finger near it to feel the suction but I can't feel any at all). I haven't seen the dirt rising. The water is pretty clear with any dirt but just the color is not clear. So I don't think it is clogged. I only rinsed the media before I officially turned the filter on. I haven't done any PWC yet.
Oh and, HA! HA! Yeah, I have a green thumb, (I do my own landscaping), but I'm hoping to gain a wet soon! The plants look great btw, (even the non-aquatics that I bought and still have in there)!
Cool...I know you can do it...I haven't doubt one minute that your wet thumb will be great.
I attached the Anubias to my driftwood earlier and it looks fantastic, (eh, minus the roots hanging out all over the place, but in time...).
Is that DW the one from Petco? hehehehhe!
Hi friend...hehe! It's about time that we are officially friends here, right!
Anyway, my comments back in red...
Cool...I cannot wait to see those nice pics.
And yeah, the water looks pretty clearer with the lights on. I guess you are right about the intake tube...No suction at all. At least as far as my feeling were concerned when I tried putting my finger near the end of the tube. I cleaned it all (I think unless there are still gunk hiding somewhere) before I used it again. I don't know how to take it apart..no manual and such. And the water coming out flowing had no sign of obstructions, so, I still don't know. I really hate to spend another penny...LOL. I am so cheapskate.