I know they self-prime, but one of my fluval fx5's just shut down. I've unplugged it and plugged it back in and I even waited 20 minutes to see if it would start up again. how long does it take to re-prime itself? I thought it only took a few minutes. anybody else had this happen? I cleaned the filter out yesterday. my other fx5 is working great. no clue what I did wrong.
fluval fx5 just stopped?
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When i got mine i reaad the book that came wiht it... it said every 24 hours it turns off for a little and lets all the bad air or somethin out of the canister
there was a rock in the impeller. i used matrix rock in the filter and a pebble fell out and got stuck. disaster averted.
DiXoN;691700; said:
that is natural. it re-primes itself and pushes all the air out once every 24 hours. AWESOME FILTER. if anybody has questions on how to do invasive surgery on an fx5, let me know