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Fluval FX5 help needed

post #1 of 8
2/11/12 at 1:41pm
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OK.....I have had my FLUVAL fx5 hooked up for a couple of weeks now.....yesterday it started putting out micro bubbles.....very slow...and over time more...and more would come out

 

IF I unplug the unit...it will restart W/O the bubbles, BUT then after time they will begin to come back

 

ANY IDEAS????

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post #2 of 8
2/11/12 at 3:16pm

Mine used to do it sparatically - but not continuously.  It went away.  Make sure the clamp down things are are really tight.  How is it when it shuts off daily, mine used to scare the sheet out of me.  Also try reducing the flow on the discharge a bit.

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post #3 of 8
2/11/12 at 3:41pm
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Last time I pulled the plug it may have fixed it (for now)    I'm not sure I am ever here when it does the daily shut off....and the unit is so quiet I would never hear it

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post #4 of 8
2/11/12 at 5:23pm

They are real quiet - good filters - hope that solved your problem.

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post #5 of 8
2/11/12 at 7:59pm

It is probably drawing air in from somewhere or has air in it. 

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post #6 of 8
2/11/12 at 8:20pm
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After a few weeks, where would it get air from????

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post #7 of 8
2/11/12 at 8:52pm

Mine would do this from time to time, figured out that it was caused from the way the flow from the MP40s were pushing water into the intake.

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post #8 of 8
2/11/12 at 8:57pm
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Originally Posted by BTLDreef View Post

Mine would do this from time to time, figured out that it was caused from the way the flow from the MP40s were pushing water into the intake.



HMMMMMM....I will have to watch that..there is one close to it

 

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