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Filter Problems water draining all over floor HELP!!!!!!!!!!

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#1 ·
Hey Guys,

I am having a slight dilemma with my 2ft tank it has an internal filter turns over 600 litres an hour but the last two nights all of a sudden it seems to be draining my fish tank of about 5 or 6 litres in a night and its all over the floor when i get up in the morning. There is no leak in the tank or anywhere else it seems to be coming from the Air tube for the internal filter. What would cause it to drain the water and what can i do to stop it. I am lost it has never happened before and why all of a sudden. Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kind regards

Bradley
 
#2 ·
I have no experience with that kind of filter BUT.. it should be fairly easy to do a little trouble shooting.

I think the first step would be to unplug the filter and see if thats the cause. Im not sure at all what or where the air tube would be connected to, but if its going outside the tank try pinning it back so if water is draining out of it, it will drain back into the tank.

oh, and did you check to see if its just plugged up?

let me know how you make out!
 
#3 ·
hi
sorry to ask,what filter is it ?
i don't understand why this is happening of a night ????
the only way i can thinkof is you not having a non return valve
on an air line ??????
sorry.
 
#8 ·
No experience with that filter here, but this is what I can offer. I have an air pump attached to one of my tanks. I know that when I remove the air pump (when I clean the tank) I have to be careful that the air line doesn't create a siphon which causes water to slowly drain until it is below the line of the tubing inside the tank.

Could something similar to this be happening somehow?

Other questions: Why just at night? And did you check to make sure there is no blockage?
 
#11 ·
yeah ive had this problem b4, it is just a syphon problem, the piece of air tube that is attatched to the internal filter is probably hanging out of the tank and most likely below the water level thus causing a syphon, just raise the airtubing to above the water line, i used to sit my tubing ontop of the lids.... i hope this made sense
 
#12 ·
my only problem with the siphon theory, is that its an air intake, which would lead me to believe there is an active means of the filter pump drawing air in. I cant see how water can go out if air is actively being drawn in, unless he is turning the pump off at night with the light.

that would lead me to believe either A) something within the pump is plugged up or not functional, or B) he turns the filter off along with his light at night time.
 
#13 ·
these pumps dont use an actual air pump, all it is is a piece of air tubing sitting out of the water and it draws air in on its own accord.
im trying to find a pic of one as i type
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ok found a pic, its ot the same filter but the same concept
i have put an arrow pointing at the part im talking about
 
#14 ·
Water coming out of a fish tank can't have that many causes, you know? Process of elimination would resolve this.

The only thing I still don't understand, and probably never will, is why only at night? Maybe the fish are bailing water when they know nobody is looking. :shock:
 
#15 ·
Andyandsue said:
The only thing I still don't understand, and probably never will, is why only at night? Maybe the fish are bailing water when they know nobody is looking. :shock:
Must be gravity and temperature that I myself cannot explain very well.:?

I don't use that type of method. My filters have the one pictured by Saint but I used airpumps instead because water leaking is very annoying.:evil:
 
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