BONDQ
Premium Member
Check your Aquapod pumps!
So, I go to check on/feed my fish that is in my AquaPod24.
(I use it as a QT tank, that sits in my garage.)
I have a yellow tang who has been in there for about 10 weeks now. He's waiting for his new 300G home to complete cycling before being moved. He's been doing great, despite the small quarters.
So, as I'm feeding him, I noticed that the circulation pump is dead !!
There was no water movement whatsoever, with exception to the little water motion created by the airstone that I also have in there. Thankfully, I placed the air pump in there as a precaution to such an event, and have realized that it is a MUST!!
I did a water change last week and cleaned the tank of salt creep, cleaned the filter sponges, etc. The pump was working fine then.
I'm not sure how long the pump was out, perhaps a couple of days, because my wife fed him yesterday and the day before, and did not know to look for waterflow.
So, I took out the pump. It was warm to touch, but several unplug & plug-ins to a power outlet did not make it pump any water.
I disconnected it from the included tubing to take it apart and inspect it. Although there was a minor amount of algae in the tube, the impeller was almost spotless, and it spun freely when I turned it with my fingers. This Aquapod is only about 4 months old; I think I bought it in March.
I was lucky to have a MaxiJet 900 sitting in the garage, which I swapped it for. Truthfully, I had bought the 900 to swap the included pump a couple of months ago, but I never did the change. I had always thought that the included pump could not be that good. I had no idea I would find out this way.
Now my water is moving again.
I also wanted to mention that the black, rubber suction cups were disintegrating (rubbing black goo) all over my hands when I removed the included Aquapod pump. This can't be good for your fish.
So, I hope that you all check your pumps and try to remember to place an air pump in there for backup. My fish would have died without it.
So, I go to check on/feed my fish that is in my AquaPod24.
(I use it as a QT tank, that sits in my garage.)
I have a yellow tang who has been in there for about 10 weeks now. He's waiting for his new 300G home to complete cycling before being moved. He's been doing great, despite the small quarters.
So, as I'm feeding him, I noticed that the circulation pump is dead !!
There was no water movement whatsoever, with exception to the little water motion created by the airstone that I also have in there. Thankfully, I placed the air pump in there as a precaution to such an event, and have realized that it is a MUST!!
I did a water change last week and cleaned the tank of salt creep, cleaned the filter sponges, etc. The pump was working fine then.
I'm not sure how long the pump was out, perhaps a couple of days, because my wife fed him yesterday and the day before, and did not know to look for waterflow.
So, I took out the pump. It was warm to touch, but several unplug & plug-ins to a power outlet did not make it pump any water.
I disconnected it from the included tubing to take it apart and inspect it. Although there was a minor amount of algae in the tube, the impeller was almost spotless, and it spun freely when I turned it with my fingers. This Aquapod is only about 4 months old; I think I bought it in March.
I was lucky to have a MaxiJet 900 sitting in the garage, which I swapped it for. Truthfully, I had bought the 900 to swap the included pump a couple of months ago, but I never did the change. I had always thought that the included pump could not be that good. I had no idea I would find out this way.
Now my water is moving again.
I also wanted to mention that the black, rubber suction cups were disintegrating (rubbing black goo) all over my hands when I removed the included Aquapod pump. This can't be good for your fish.
So, I hope that you all check your pumps and try to remember to place an air pump in there for backup. My fish would have died without it.
