I wonder if someone could help.
I have a rena filter (smallest one) in my tank that is evil. I have had my tank set up for nearly a year now and all is well on the Ammonia / Nitrite / Nitrate and Ph front however my biggest enemy seems to be my pump.
The pump is attached to the inside of the glass with black suckers. The pump is made up of a sponge filter and then it has a separate chamber for the carbon filter.
I have neon tetra's and danios in my tank and unfortunatly they keep getting stuck behind the pump. I have put my fingers on the back of the pump and where the separate sections click together there is some suction from small gaps (nothing I can do it is the pump design). It appears that the small fish are getting sucked against the back of the pump and dying.
I have lost 5 now. My solution was to stick tape all over the back of the pump to stop the suction which has worked for the past six months but it is a nightmare because I have to un tape it all to clean the pump.
Yesterday I lost two danio's found stuck behind the pump again in the only part that I can't tape.
My fish are healthy so have not just floated there.
Has anyone else suffered the same problem with their filter? I can't adjust the speed of the pump so I am at a loss. I removed the pump from the tank altogether this morning becasue I can't stand to see my poor fishes lives ended by this stupid pump.
I am reluctant to move to under gravel filtration as my tank is set up and I don't want to discturb it too much. Is there anything anyone can suggest or has anyone else had the same problem.
thanks,
Kirsty
I have a rena filter (smallest one) in my tank that is evil. I have had my tank set up for nearly a year now and all is well on the Ammonia / Nitrite / Nitrate and Ph front however my biggest enemy seems to be my pump.
The pump is attached to the inside of the glass with black suckers. The pump is made up of a sponge filter and then it has a separate chamber for the carbon filter.
I have neon tetra's and danios in my tank and unfortunatly they keep getting stuck behind the pump. I have put my fingers on the back of the pump and where the separate sections click together there is some suction from small gaps (nothing I can do it is the pump design). It appears that the small fish are getting sucked against the back of the pump and dying.
I have lost 5 now. My solution was to stick tape all over the back of the pump to stop the suction which has worked for the past six months but it is a nightmare because I have to un tape it all to clean the pump.
Yesterday I lost two danio's found stuck behind the pump again in the only part that I can't tape.
My fish are healthy so have not just floated there.
Has anyone else suffered the same problem with their filter? I can't adjust the speed of the pump so I am at a loss. I removed the pump from the tank altogether this morning becasue I can't stand to see my poor fishes lives ended by this stupid pump.
I am reluctant to move to under gravel filtration as my tank is set up and I don't want to discturb it too much. Is there anything anyone can suggest or has anyone else had the same problem.
thanks,
Kirsty
