RE: [GSAS-Member] Help! Power outage burned out 2 tank filters . . .

["Darcey Harding" <darceyh@drizzle.com>]

Also try taking them off the tank and using cool water to cool down the motor
and impeller, cooler than the tank water. The impellers will definitely run
better when they're cool.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com]
On Behalf Of Hess, Clay A
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 9:41 PM
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Help! Power outage burned out 2 tank filters . . .

Anita,

I have had my AquaClears run stuck like that for days....and they start right up
if you clean them up and put fresh water in them.  Make sure you dump the hot
water as it is usually pretty foul by the time the motor gets that hot.  

Clay

-----Original Message-----
From: A JACOBSON [mailto:amjacobson52@msn.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 9:24 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: [GSAS-Member] Help! Power outage burned out 2 tank filters . .
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I had a 2 second power outage.  I could see that the filter of the tank
I was sitting by was working well, so didn't think anything of it.

All the filters I'm talking about are Aqua Clear.

I just discovered that another filter, on a different tank wasn't
working.  Motor is hot -- assume it dumped it's water, & then motor
overheated.

No problem, I thought -- another tank had two filters.  So I ambled over
to by 40 gallon, only to discover that one of it's two filters had done
the same thing.

So now I've got 4 tanks, & 3 filters.  Plus I'm going to be out of town
tomorrow, so the earliest a new filter could be put in place is Monday
evening.

Are either of my hot filters likely to cool down enough (they are
unplugged) that they will start again?  Or is it "pennies on the
eyelids" for them?

I've got a new 10 gallon tank, with only a small pearl gourami in it.
Should I take it's Mini filter, put it on the 20 gallon without
filtration, and move the gourami to it?

The 20 gallon that is currently without filtration is heavily planted,
but fairly full (it's the 2 frogs, one crab, 2 monk tetras, a botia
stratia, 2 tiny flying foxes, and 6 small cherry barbs).

Anita

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