Water Mystery

[Vitaliy]

I get up today and I notice that one of the tanks in the room has about 10-15% of the water missing, and as I look down everything on the floor is wet! I run up to it and look for the source of the problem.
Filter overflowing, not that.
Air pump stopped and the airs-stone tube sucking all the water out, not that. (happened before on a different tank).
Checking the tank allover for leaks, everything seems fine.
I tried to clean up as much water as possible and will keep wait for everything to dry out and see if any more water leaks out somehow.

 

[piranha45]

a very notable lesson I've learned over the past 2 years is that air pumps are wholly nonessential, heck even detrimental and ugly.

 

[zongling]

not exactly... becoz air pump can help to improve the oxygen level in water and especially in tank with heavy bioload.

 

[piranha45]

yeah... but you could still spend the 10 bucks on a small power filter, instead of an air pump...

 

[sephir420]

i would say if the filter isent leaking and the air pump is still runing and not siphoning. is there a power head with an airation tube atached? if so is that power head still running? i have had my tank siphon threw that once when the power head stoped running. i hate mistery leaks. how big is the tank? hopefuly it isent a leak in the base plate on the tank.

 

[M|L]

lol it's a common occurrance for us "monster fish keepers" lol (not saying I'm one of them though).

 

[Vitaliy]

Well funny thing is, the filter was not leaking, the air pump was not leaking and working properly.... after I dried up the floor to see where the water is leaking and not finding anything I filled up the tank again. And the water is holding in there just fine... weirdest thing ever.

Good that the tank is small, its a 30 gallon for my Angel Fish pair that I am trying to breed.

 

[freeform]

yeah... but you could still spend the 10 bucks on a small power filter, instead of an air pump...

true... and the small power filter also creats some current for the fishes.