Penguin 150 broke power outage.

[patrickriley2010]

So I was not at my apartment last night I was watching my sisters dog while she is out of town I came back to feed my fish and the bio wheel wasn't spinning I went take the cover off and noticed it was hot and then I felt the sides of the filter it was burning up! I guess at some point last night or this morning the power went out and there wasn't enough water retained in the filter ? I have a fluval c3 that's still running its been running along side the bio wheel for over a week so I'm hoping it picked up enough BB to help keep the tank reasonably safe I have the bio wheel part floating in my tank because idk what else to do.


Any suggestions can It be fixed or replacement parts or cheaper to buy a new one ?

I'm looking into battery back ups now.

 

[patrickriley2010]

Anyone is there anything I can do or is it fried?

 

[germanyt]

Isn't the 150 like a 20 or 30 dollar filter? I'd just buy another one.

 

[patrickriley2010]

Isn't the 150 like a 20 or 30 dollar filter? I'd just buy another one.

It is and I am but more so worried about how to keep the bacteria alive untill I do ?

 

[Scouser]

Isn't the 150 like a 20 or 30 dollar filter? I'd just buy another one.

Buying a new one would be best as you can just exchange the media into the new filter.

But you'd have To ensure the media is kept wet!

 

[patrickriley2010]

Buying a new one would be best as you can just exchange the media into the new filter.

But you'd have To ensure the media is kept wet!

After I got home about 3 -5 hours after the power outage everything was still we so I just dropped them in my tank

 

[Scouser]

After I got home about 3 -5 hours after the power outage everything was still we so I just dropped them in my tank

That should keep some of the BB alive.

I put mine in a plastic container and dosed it with ammonia to keep the BB alive

 

[patrickriley2010]

That should keep some of the BB alive.

I put mine in a plastic container and dosed it with ammonia to keep the BB alive

Hmm well my ammonia levels are like .15 ppm because the darn power screwed up everything ! So I need to hit up the petstore tomorrow and get that filter running agaain my c3 isn't doing jack anymore

 

[Scouser]

Hmm well my ammonia levels are like .15 ppm because the darn power screwed up everything ! So I need to hit up the petstore tomorrow and get that filter running agaain my c3 isn't doing jack anymore

Stick what ever media you can next to the intake and outputs of the running filter, that will help pass water through it and help remove some
Ammo.

 

[patrickriley2010]

Stick what ever media you can next to the intake and outputs of the running filter, that will help pass water through it and help remove some
Ammo.

Ya that's a good idea this happened a couple days ago guess my c3 didn't build up enough