fx5 and the dreeded bubble syndrome

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rob1984

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so i have the fx5 and have the dredded micro bubble sindrome now it seems.... looks like i have lots of debris floating around but there tiny bubbles.... does that mean i need to replace the filter pads i have in the top basket one fine and one coarse (only pad sin the fx5 beside the factory outside ones)


i actually just took it part to change the carbon few days ago, sponges on the sides looked fairly clean still so i left them and everything alone and just swapped the carbon so cant be that there dirty ....


how does everyone slove this issue... never did it when i got it (used) and i have not moved it around in the house other then to maintain it and etc during water changes
 
rob1984 said:
so i have the fx5 and have the dredded micro bubble sindrome now it seems.... looks like i have lots of debris floating around but there tiny bubbles.... does that mean i need to replace the filter pads i have in the top basket one fine and one coarse (only pad sin the fx5 beside the factory outside ones)


i actually just took it part to change the carbon few days ago, sponges on the sides looked fairly clean still so i left them and everything alone and just swapped the carbon so cant be that there dirty ....


how does everyone slove this issue... never did it when i got it (used) and i have not moved it around in the house other then to maintain it and etc during water changes
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From my experiences you are sucking in air. Either from air provided within the aquarium or the FX5 itself .
Make sure if you have an air pump making bubbles that it is not close to you inlet.
 
Sonny503 said:
From my experiences you are sucking in air. Either from air provided within the aquarium or the FX5 itself .
Make sure if you have an air pump making bubbles that it is not close to you inlet.
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i do have a bubble wall beside it but it is not sucking up any air at all.....the inlet and bubble wall is a good 8" away
 
so i just took the fine filter pads out, and took the o ring seal from the top and covered it with vaseline.... so we will see if that helps by 2morrow or after a few days fluval says 48-72hr before working air locks out... i was told on another forum that the fine filter pads get clogged and will create micro bubbles.... cavitation same idea as trying to suck water into a syringe too fast you'll get bubbles no matter what so hopefully this fixs my problem, but we will see
 
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