FishQueen55

I bought a 5 gallon hexagon tank with a little Aquatech filter with a bio wheel, well my question is when I set it up I put water in the filter and turned it on, the water intake ( where the water flows onto the filter) seems really slow kinda like it has no suction and the little bio wheel won't hardly move....I was wondering if the reason wasbecause it was smaller size tank or what?

soldieroffortune1974

The size of the aquarium shouldn't affect the filter flow. Make sure the rods on the sides aren't bent and nice and straight,and nothing obsturcting it. Give the wheel a good turn with your hand,it should spin easily,without catching.You may have gotten a bad filter/wheel