joshv155
Aquarium Advice Activist
I have an aquatop 400 canister filter. First time using a filter like this. I set it up several weeks ago and I am in the process of trying a fishless cycling of my 75 gallon tank. How do I know if the filter is working properly. Power went out because of a snow storm and came back on when we were gone after 2 days...it just seems like there isn't much flow coming out of the return tube...there is water coming out of it. And should there be suction on the out take tube ? I can't feel any....can't see any water going through the intake/outake tubes either and my tank has small particles floating around...
Note: I tried cycling with fish prior to reading up and realizing this was a bad idea. They all died...I found one under the sand and he must have been there a few days. I think some of the stuff floating around may be the the fish that was decomposing. Shouldn't my filter take care of this ? Not big pieces or anything just small stuff....seems like my tank should be much less polluted.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Note: I tried cycling with fish prior to reading up and realizing this was a bad idea. They all died...I found one under the sand and he must have been there a few days. I think some of the stuff floating around may be the the fish that was decomposing. Shouldn't my filter take care of this ? Not big pieces or anything just small stuff....seems like my tank should be much less polluted.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.