ITS ALIVE!!!

by **blueshoes2208** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:22 am

I HAVE FINALLY GOT RUNNING WATER IN MY TANK!!! WOO HOO!!!! haha dang its pretty damn cool im not gunna lie except 4 one thing, my fx5 will start to filter enough water for hte titanic and hten it will shut off after about 2 mins and then start up after another minute or so... its done this twice whats goin on? oh and btw... I AM THOUROGHLY ADDICTED... and i dont even have FISH!o

by **schigara** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:33 am

That's cool, congrats!

You think you are addicted now? Fish are fun and all but just wait till you start getting coral........

Fish are just the tip of the iceberg!

I appreciate certain fish for their personality and beauty but for me, they mainly help to produce food for coral as a bi-product from their waste.

by **Snowboss4492** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:00 pm

Blue,

I am not familure with the internals of the FX5 , but it must have some sort of pump in it, and if its a magnet driven one like most filters are, you may have gotten some crud in there from adding water and pumping new "dirty" water through it - - - Serial32 has an HOB filter that will just lock up out of no where and all you have to do is pick up the intake {the motor is on the end of it on thiat filer} about a 1/4 of an inch and it starts back up again ........one little grain of sand will stop it - - -might check your pump out and clean it real good, don't wanna smoke a motor right after you start adding fish

by **Tmercier834747** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:32 pm

sounds like a bloody bio-wheel HOB...my girlfriend just chucked my original penguin 100...came home and found it disappeared. Should note this one was in the bedroom. lol

Grats on getting things running. I wouldn't figure a grain of sand would stop an FX5 though, if its brandy new, exchange it. That sounds faulty for a high volume filter that's just pumping water.

by **Snowboss4492** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:53 pm

naw its a aquaclear something or othe.........the intake is in the middle, and the impeller magnet gets a little sand in it and it jams

i didn't mean the FX5 could or would do the same thing - just graspin at straws, sillier things have stopped machines from working

and i agree that it could be faulty from the factory, that is a workhorse filter and if he's haveing a problem with it now it needs to be replaced before he's depending on it to support life

by **blueshoes2208** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:04 pm

ok got an update, its been running all night and seems to be doing fine, mabye it was just priming or something

by **Snowboss4492** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:20 am

air pockets will reak havoc on any pump......you might have just had some air bubles giving the 5 some hick-ups..........definately keep an eye on it though, it'sa pretty cheap fix to get it warentied now VS. a tank crash or damage to livestock later.....

Boss

by **blueshoes2208** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:03 am

so wtf do i do, just pour some flake food in?

by **saltwaterpimp** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:37 pm

i also just put water in my tank, (round two). just added the salt its a cloudy mess right now. i have no filters,protien skimmer or hydrometer,no rock,sand ..i have nothing .....but time, its going to be a very slow start, but it should come together very nice in the next few months i hope

swp

by **Snowboss4492** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:00 pm

"so wtf do i do, just pour some flake food in?"

to start a cycle? - - yes that will work, i havn't heard a lot about "ghost feeding" as a rule prepared foods are designed to keep the nitrate build up to a minimum, because we ALL feed to much as a rule.............i still think you would be better off with a piece of shrimp or somthing like that, and then as someone else mentioned, when your amonia drops back down you could add a few hermits to clean things up...............your looking at a 4 -6 week wait here, just to give you an idea

Boss

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