Regular Member devilduck Posted October 11, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 11, 2010 My tank is in my bedroom and my canister filter has taken to making what can only be described as 'wooshy' noises. I've tried emptying and refilling it, tilting it to release any air, turning it off and on again (it works for computers!!!) and nothing seems to make any difference, it's relatively quiet for most of the day, just the occasional woosh, but at night it's non-stop. I'm stumped. I think the seal's fine but there is air in it, I can see it by where the water level is when I tilt it, but I can't get rid of it. I have a new impeller coming but I'm not sure it will make much difference. The priming pump is decidedly dodgy, keeps getting stuck down, I started it by hand last time, starting the siphoning from the inlet tube and then plugging that into the filter, that made it quiet for a little while but it's worse than ever now. Unless there's a leak from the primer I'm stumped. There's no leaks anywhere. Just thought I'd see if you guys had any ideas before I contact the manufacturer. It's an Aqua One Aquis 1250 and is less than a year old, I got it for Christmas last year. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jeffteo Posted October 11, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 11, 2010 have you got too much bubbles in the tank water? It may be taking in fine bubbles in and got released and trapped in the filter. Any air stone moved too near to the intake? Some time fine holes on the intake tubing will cause this also. Try swap the tubing of the intake with the return tubing to test if it helps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member devilduck Posted October 11, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 11, 2010 You may have something there...the outlet tube is right next to the inlet tube and doesn't have an attachment on, it's pushing lots of bubbles straight down, I'll try moving it to the other side of the tank. If this works you will be my official favourite person for ever and ever! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Trinket Posted October 11, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 11, 2010 Any luck? I get this too!!! All the time. I have a million theories. One canister I lifted up higher and it stopped. Another I cleaned the pipes. Another time I found some sponge had got stuck...its such a pain! Right now I have a "pop pop pop" going on. Goodness knows what this one will turn out to be but really these filter idosyncracies will send me insane 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member devilduck Posted October 11, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 11, 2010 So far so good but I don't want to jinx it! It has this ability to be relatively quiet all day and then start up a storm when I'm going to sleep. Does seem to be quiet (well, as much as electronic whizzy things ever are) so far, I noticed an improvement almost immediately. Just moved the pipe along the tank about 20cm, goldies still get their bubbles but they're not running along the inlet pipe and floating up inside it. I may actually get a relatively undisturbed night's sleep tonight! :D 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member devilduck Posted October 11, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 11, 2010 After 1 hour it has commenced wooshing again Hopefully it will at least be with less frequency instead of every 2-3 minutes like it was before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member amynmitchell Posted October 11, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 11, 2010 It may take a day or two to get the bubbles out if the airstone has been too close to the intake. This has happened to me in the past. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Choochoo Posted October 11, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 11, 2010 You might have a leak on the intake side. It is possible to have an intake leak that sucks air , but does not leak water. Check Your hose or tubes to see if any are loose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member devilduck Posted October 12, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 12, 2010 Seems like yesterday's wooshing was removing the last of the air, I didn't get woken up by it at all last night :D My filter is no longer the bane of my life Thanks JT and everyone else 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jeffteo Posted October 12, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 12, 2010 The inlet and return tube should be as far as possible so that the water in the tank can circulate properly and the dirt get picked up by the filter. Glad that you can have a good night sleep now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member devilduck Posted October 12, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 12, 2010 I have a big internal on one side so when I was setting the tank up I just put the canister at the other end, I usually have a spraybar on it that goes horizontally along the back of the tank so it's not an issue, but I appear to have lost it in the move, it'll be at my bf's or in a box somewhere... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jeffteo Posted October 12, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 12, 2010 I see. Does the intake extend all the way down to the bottom of the tank? Or both the intake and return are of the same height? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member devilduck Posted October 12, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 12, 2010 Intake's about 2-3" off the bottom, outlet's about 2-3" above the surface of the water, there's quite a difference between them, the difference between the inlet and outlet of the internal is nearly the depth of the water too so between them and the bubble wall there's a lot of circulation 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jeffteo Posted October 13, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 13, 2010 Now i get it. The bubbles are caused by the return drop down back into the tank pushing the bubbles down and you had the intake too near and sucking in the bubbles... Bubbles... it's a love hate affairs... haha... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member devilduck Posted October 13, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 13, 2010 That's exactly it I moved the outlet away and also changed the angle so the jet is going diagonally into the water so the bubbles don't go in quite as deep and are not by the inlet and it's all sweet now No more waking up in the middle of the night to WOOOOOOOSH! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporter Helen Posted October 13, 2010 Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2010 lol.. laughed all the way through reading this thread! trinket.. is it still pop pop popping? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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