I have the sponge in the tank, connected to an air tube, cylinder in place, that seems to be working... I'm not sure how well, though.
Normally, the bubbles stream, or whatever it's more properly called, comes out from all four of the "holes" in the plastic part. After a while, though, the bubble stream starts coming out of only two holes more and more often until I reposition the sponge, where the stream starts coming out of all four holes again... until it starts coming out from only two holes again. I have no fish in the tank yet, but I'd obviously rather not reposition the sponge every day after the fish come in to have it work properly.
So first question: is this a major problem with the filter's effectiveness? Or is it just a noise problem, since it's a lot louder when the air isn't streaming out of all four holes?
And second question: does anyone know what's causing the air to not stream through all the holes properly, and is there a way to fix it without manually repositioning the sponge daily, since I'd rather avoid that once I have fish in there? Thank you!
Normally, the bubbles stream, or whatever it's more properly called, comes out from all four of the "holes" in the plastic part. After a while, though, the bubble stream starts coming out of only two holes more and more often until I reposition the sponge, where the stream starts coming out of all four holes again... until it starts coming out from only two holes again. I have no fish in the tank yet, but I'd obviously rather not reposition the sponge every day after the fish come in to have it work properly.
So first question: is this a major problem with the filter's effectiveness? Or is it just a noise problem, since it's a lot louder when the air isn't streaming out of all four holes?
And second question: does anyone know what's causing the air to not stream through all the holes properly, and is there a way to fix it without manually repositioning the sponge daily, since I'd rather avoid that once I have fish in there? Thank you!