Jaysee

If one of the bearings is sitting higher than the other, for whatever reason, the inbalance can be enough to stop the wheel.

Yeah, a video would be nice. I have a collection of emperors and penguins, but am running out of ideas...

Beth1965

yes, she's taken out the purple things and cleaned them

now please don't hate me, cause this turns into a total DUH moment.

i just came home and stuck my hand inside the filter.
Guess what was in there?
a big hunk of stuffing i was saving for bacteria for a a just in case---new tank.

Beth1965

I dread your responses here.

eiginh

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL problem solved High five!

Jaysee

You know that's the first thing I though of, but didn't mention it.....

That's one of my complaints about the penguins - the wheel is spun by the outflow of water which means it has to sit lower, where it can be impeded by media - makes it very hard to use custom media. The spray bars on the emperors allows the wheel to sit higher, away from all that.

Beth1965

I hear your distaste for the penquin but I really do like mine.
you didnt mention the part of looking inside the filter cause you thought, "nah, she's knows to check that out"....LOL
Wrong, I am a true blue ding dong.
I can't even do one of those "listen to what I did...." i friggin did it right here on Fishlore for all to read about as it happens.

eiginh

Yeah that's what thing I dislike about penguins I'm doing the same thing with my penguin 150b and I have to play with the media in order for the wheel to spin. I wish they made emperors for smaller tanks.