FX5 noise

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solchitlins

Gambusia
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Oct 19, 2008
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I finally got my fx5 running with diy pvc in and outlet using vinyl tubing.

Today it started to make a weird noise.
Best way to discribe it is it's like a rain stick.

You know one of those bamboo tubes filled with beads and when you turn it over it sounds like water falling?

It does this every couple of minutes.

Doesn't really bother me too much but I would prefer it to be silent like when I first set it up 2 days ago.

You think it's the media rattling around in there?
I have it pretty packed with 4 liters of eheim pro media and 2 bags of the bio that came with my ac110's to seed it. No pads.

here's the link to the diy, input output:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=206546
 
I would think that it's just expelling air from the super porous media that got trapped. When I put ehfisubsrat in my XP3 it did that for over 24 hours. I would just give it a shake. If that doesn't fix it then I'd reckon there's air getting in your system somehow, be in through the intake/output or the seal on the motor.
 
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