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Hi All,
My FX4 on my 135G tank isn't running like it used to. This filter (and tank itself) is less than 2 years old.
I noticed today while doing a water change - that I lost flow from my filter at about 20% the way down.
*I do normally leave the canister running during water changes - a mistake?* [If I'm doing a large w/e, I'll bring the water as low as my filter will allow and then re-fill - could this be causing detrimental stress on the motor?]
Its a big tank, I've been losing fish here and there recently, I decided to do a filter cleaning as well.
The filter def. needed cleaned - I thought that would solve it - No Change.
Took the whole thing back down again, cleaned the impeller and the motor well (that also needed cleaned) - No Change.
I've shaken the hosing between the tank and the filter - I don't keep snails/the snails I do keep are nerites and they're too big to fit into the intake or outake. I do have live plants - but are very sparse with longer leaves - it'd take a lot of plant debri to clog i'd think, and there isn't that much in my tank - maybe it's in the filter hose (....)?
There isn't any slack - the hosing is as taunt as it can be..
I didn't see any scratches or deformities with the impeller - but there was a darker...band around the whole center - I'm assuming this is natural and normal though.
She primes just fine. When it comes to pushing water though - I feel a slight trickle on my finger...
This filter used to throw water 4 feet into my tank. Any Ideas?
I - ironically - bought an aquaclear 110 that I had planned on adding to this tank as supplementary filtration alongside the FX4 - turns out, for right now, it's a 'replacement' until I can figure out what's going on with the FX - but - My fish have a filter for now - just gotta figure out the FX. Any help is appreciated.
My FX4 on my 135G tank isn't running like it used to. This filter (and tank itself) is less than 2 years old.
I noticed today while doing a water change - that I lost flow from my filter at about 20% the way down.
*I do normally leave the canister running during water changes - a mistake?* [If I'm doing a large w/e, I'll bring the water as low as my filter will allow and then re-fill - could this be causing detrimental stress on the motor?]
Its a big tank, I've been losing fish here and there recently, I decided to do a filter cleaning as well.
The filter def. needed cleaned - I thought that would solve it - No Change.
Took the whole thing back down again, cleaned the impeller and the motor well (that also needed cleaned) - No Change.
I've shaken the hosing between the tank and the filter - I don't keep snails/the snails I do keep are nerites and they're too big to fit into the intake or outake. I do have live plants - but are very sparse with longer leaves - it'd take a lot of plant debri to clog i'd think, and there isn't that much in my tank - maybe it's in the filter hose (....)?
There isn't any slack - the hosing is as taunt as it can be..
I didn't see any scratches or deformities with the impeller - but there was a darker...band around the whole center - I'm assuming this is natural and normal though.
She primes just fine. When it comes to pushing water though - I feel a slight trickle on my finger...
This filter used to throw water 4 feet into my tank. Any Ideas?
I - ironically - bought an aquaclear 110 that I had planned on adding to this tank as supplementary filtration alongside the FX4 - turns out, for right now, it's a 'replacement' until I can figure out what's going on with the FX - but - My fish have a filter for now - just gotta figure out the FX. Any help is appreciated.
