Originally Posted by Shaina

Murphy's Law of Filters: Your old filter will die before your new filter arrives, even if you order a new filter while the old one is working fine.

Alright so I moved my 10 gal today since my 29 gal is going to be set up where the 10 gal used to be. Turned everything off, took out 1/2 the water, put the fish in that water, then removed the rest of the water. Moved tank, set everything back up, turned it on aaaand...no filter power.

I have one of those little Whisper filters, and it's about 6 years old. I filled it with water before turning it on, and it tried to get going then just stopped. The power source it fine, so it's not that. I took it off and cleaned it in case there was something stuck inside, but no dice.

Here's the thing: I already ordered a new filter for it from DFS yesterday (oh, the irony), but it may not arrive for a week. I don't really want to go buy another filter to tide me over for what may be only two days. Is there anything I can do in the interval b/w filters to keep my fish healthy? I have lots of bubbles going in the tank which provide decent surface agitation, and there are only two neon tetras in there right now. My main worries are
(1) lack of mechanical filltration
(2) lack of water circulation in main tank
(3) lack of helpful bacteria in the main tank, since there is no flow through the filter whatsoever.

If it's really necessary for me to get a little filter to tide me over I will yet this afternoon; just wanted to see if you guys had any suggestions first.

Originally Posted by BlueGreen

FYI: During Hurricane Charley, we lost power for six days and fortunatley not one fish was lost. You just never know.....