Double Sided Suction Cups

[andyg81]

i need some new suction cups to stick my filter to my tank wall.

is there any special type i need to get or will any be ok ? looking for as cheap as possible lol

 

[Hoveringpie]

Normally you can buy spares from your local fish store. Eg if you had a fluval you can buy spare fluval suckers . There not expensive maybe 3 to 4 pound.

 

[andyg81]

I have a bluwave 07 filter system, it was second hand when I got it so the suckers are not that good, overnight the filter came away from the tank wall and floated to the surface leaving no water movement from the filter and the heater partly out the water id just got my tank cycled as well so im hoping it doesnt effect it !

 

[Hoveringpie]

If you can send a photo of the bracket that holds it on. Normally you get a suckers with a rubber 'bobble' on the back and that goes through the grommet on the bracket. Let's hope it hasn't messed your cycle up though keep us posted.

 

[andyg81]

lfs didnt have any in, ordered some off ebay yesterday hopefully the will arrive today, 10 for £3.99, checked all my water stats last night

ammonia - 0
nitrites - 0
nitrates - 10

so looking good thankfully, it fell off again last night while i was home so ive put some heavy stones on the top of it to stop it floating out the water and sort of jammed the front of it against the light unit (added a bit more water than normal to bring it up) so if it does come off it shouldnt float out the water, and also used some single sided ones with a 6mm plastic pipe connection that are stuck to the back of the tank just above it again acting as a device to stop it floating out the water, seems to have worked (fingers crossed)

hopefully my new ones will arrive today and then I can put 10 onto the back of it to stop it moving again !

 

[Hoveringpie]

Your waterstats seem ok So that's a good thing Hope you get it sorted!

 

[andyg81]

20mm caps x 10 and it still popped off can't afford an external filter for about 6 week due to expensive car mot n service so got to somehow sort it for a few quid . Running out of ideas at the minute and biggest suction caps I can find are 37mm