tetragirl

Hi

I have a Juwel Aquarium and the pump is a Pump 400 on the filter. For no apparent reason it has stopped working, I checked the filter and there is no obstructions or anything the motor just seems to have stopped working. I only noticed today. It is really quiet and I have an aeration stone too so I did not realise the filter had stopped working til today so it may have been like this for a few days. It was fine when I did water change 10days ago.

Any idea why this would happen, how harmful is it to fish. I cant go to store til tomorrow as is closed by now today. Hopefully they will just replace as I only have it since xmas and the guy knows me pretty well there.

I will do water change tonight anyway

Its so annoying though having to try get new one now as I dont even know where receipts are from it, hopefully will be ok though.

Anyone else ever had filter pump motor just stop working for no reason

Liz

Birdo

I haven't had a filter stop working on me yet, but I did have an aereation device stop working. The filter from that tank is still going and hopefully still will go on for a while.

HOWEVER! I would first check to see if the power went out that night. If you haven't noticed it stop working, chances are you had a blackout the night before and were asleep and didn't notice it. I have atomic clocks that set themselves and I never reset the VCR, so I would never know if anything went wrong during the night!

Sometimes it happens and the filter stops and all the water drains out. You may hear a low hum of the motor trying to suck up the water after the power comes back on, but it can't work until you put more water in the top of the filter. Remember when you first set up the tank and needed to put the water in the filter first before it worked? Try this step again first before taking it back to the store.

Good luck! Peace, Love, and Happiness

pepetj

Hi Tetragirl.

I was checking the Juwel filtering system. It's a submerged, well designed filter that provides biological filtration by establishing bacteria colonies in its multiple sponge media, with low water flow. If it is indeed damaged, I don't think you could have it fixed. But check carefully for cloged/obstructed water/air pathways.

This filter is not intended for mechanical or chemical filtration (removal of debris or particles), but seems to be a very decent biological filter.

If you replace it with a similar one, use the sponges from the old filter in the new one, in case some bacteria is still alive it could prevent you from cycling your tank again. However, if your filter went out for more than one day, your colonies of bacteria could be dead/decimated allready. Water testing will give you a good idea where your tank is standing.

To be cautious do a close to 50% water change today, and keep checking your water parameters in the coming days, once you get your filtration system back to work.

It is a good idea to have multiple filters per tank. In my smaller tanks I combine one HOB with a sponge or fiber filter that works with the airpump, just in case something goes wrong, or in case I need seeded sponge media for a new tank, you know the MTS thing...

Hope you post your aquarium info, and some pics. Also, you've been in fishlore since January, hope to see you around more often. Keep us posted -I would like to know if you could fix it or what solution you went for. Today I learned about this particular filter thanks to you.

Pepe
Santo Domingo




I have had other types of filters stop working, HOB type filters, so my experience won't be useful for you.

Birdo

Hmm, ok that makes sense then. Haha, I just figured it was like mine hanging on the outside of the tank.