NatalieFish
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
HEy! please! i need some help! i cleaned my fishtank for the first time today i did it with the knowledge and everything so im sure i did it right. My filtering system.. wont work it seems.. im sure i put it back together correctly and .. i have water in it and everything but its not sucking up the water and filtering it through! what happens, is the tube that descends into the tank, has water in it, you can see the water going up and down suctioning up and down the water, and it will not go UP and through the tube and it will not cycle! i'm so worried and scared for my fish! please help me to figure this out. the filtering system CANNOT be faulty or broken, it just has not been cleaned for a very long time ( for the reason to that visit my profile and read, also see my other thread. the previous owners didn't clean it and the sludge was horrible. the water lever is okay, it covers the tube the way it should but the bubbles are not coming out and the waterfalls off each end of the system are not flowing! i tried over flowing it to help multiple times, and checked the system and readjusted it many time! i don't kno what to do! i don't want my fish to die! if you need ANY more information please tell me im right at my computer now. and ill be checking! please help! and thank you so much!!!