Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:25 pm Re: My Three Turtles. Eeek <3
Kansasslider wrote:Did you check the impeller? I hear ya their not exactly cheap.
I checked everything. It just won't start suction. The water gets half way up the intake tube and stops. I have to sit and pour tank water through the tube just right until it starts to suck, then quickly stick the tube back in the water multiple times. It's a cheap canister, only rated for 40 gallons with a 55 gallon tank and three turtles. I was expecting it to give out, and i'm glad it did on a Saturday and not while I was at school, but now I've gotta drive an hour to go look at canisters.
Petco is much cheaper than petsmart when it comes to canister filters, they even have a 20% Halloween sell right now on them, but that's an hour and thirty minutes and no way I'm driving that far during rush hour. I would order one from amazon, but it wouldn't come for days and I am not comfortable leaving a fifty five gallon tank with no filter and three turtles for 2-3 days. It just screams disaster.
3 turtles- Nemo, Pockets, Nims
Two dogs - Nibbles, Ruby.
Three cats - Eli, Boots, George.
Two donkeys - EllieMay, Dorothy.
I miss you, Kinsey-Lyn..