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Hi all-
It's been two months since I started my fishkeeping journey. Blue, my Half Moon double tail betta seems happy and the quality of my water is A+. Tonight I noticed my bio sponge filter was making gluging noises and every few minutes the bubbles would stop and then a bunch of BIG bubbles would come out.. I rinse the sponge in tank water whenever I do a water change so it's clean, and I just changed the air line thinking maybe there was a block or something. Same problem. Does that mean it's my "new" expensive air pump that's malfunctioning? I noticed a film on the top of the tank like a whitish oily which I tried to skim off. I unplugged the pump until I can figure this out. HELP, Blue needs his filter! I do have a check valve to prevent backflow installed closest to the pump and a control valve about 3 inches from that to tune down the air flow. Any idea from the gallery on what the issue could be? Please reply fast.
It's been two months since I started my fishkeeping journey. Blue, my Half Moon double tail betta seems happy and the quality of my water is A+. Tonight I noticed my bio sponge filter was making gluging noises and every few minutes the bubbles would stop and then a bunch of BIG bubbles would come out.. I rinse the sponge in tank water whenever I do a water change so it's clean, and I just changed the air line thinking maybe there was a block or something. Same problem. Does that mean it's my "new" expensive air pump that's malfunctioning? I noticed a film on the top of the tank like a whitish oily which I tried to skim off. I unplugged the pump until I can figure this out. HELP, Blue needs his filter! I do have a check valve to prevent backflow installed closest to the pump and a control valve about 3 inches from that to tune down the air flow. Any idea from the gallery on what the issue could be? Please reply fast.