I have no clue what to do. Last night I went down to check on my ray pond and noticed that my filter wasnt working. I checked it out and found out the problem was my pump was not pumping any more. I've had this problem before where a few grains of sand or a piece of shrimp stops the motor, and all I do is take the pump apart and completly clean it. But last night i did this and it still would not pump any water at all. I have two bio sponge filters on top of my main filter that have been in this pond for about 2-3 months now that are rated for 125-150 gallons each (the pond is about 230 gallons). The problem that I have is that I do not have the money to go out and buy another $200 pump. It has been without the main filter for sense about 1am last night, I plan on doing a 30%-50% water change every day until I get another pump but I dont know how long that could be. I guess my question is what can I do to fix my pump or create a safe environment for my rays without having a risk of water problems. In the pond I have 3 rays two of them are between 10 and 11 inches and the other ray is about 13 to 14 inches big. They are all motoros.
HELP!!!
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To fix the pump, I would contact the manufacturer. To avoid this problem in the future you need a better pre-filter. This probably means you will have to clean the prefilter frequently but that beats coming home to a pump that's not working. It is very easy to make your own pond pump pre-filter. Check in the DIY forum.
I ran over to lfs i work at and talked to my boss about my pump because I baught it from him, and he told me it has a 5 year warranty but it would take months to get a new one. So he gave me two smaller 600 gph pumps to use for the time being. So no I do have my filter running, its just not as strong as it ustue be.
wouldnt having more water help?
bec the more water volume the less likely your water is going to be bad
bec the more water volume the less likely your water is going to be bad