Andrew C asked:
here’s the deal. Did any of you owners made mistakes with the nano cube? well my question is 1. did you ever leave the pump on, while doing a water change, and the pump shot rough water out? yes, no? 2. did you ever get little bit of sand in the intake, where the sponge is, and if the sand did go in the intake, the sand will stop it? yes or no 3. if my intake ( where the surface skimmer is ) is vacuuming , and the pump is shooting water, does that mean my nano cube is okay? ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS like this 1. yes, I have left the pump on or no I havent etc etc. 2. etc. etc. THANKS! and one more, my tank is going to be find right?
here’s the deal. Did any of you owners made mistakes with the nano cube? well my question is 1. did you ever leave the pump on, while doing a water change, and the pump shot rough water out? yes, no? 2. did you ever get little bit of sand in the intake, where the sponge is, and if the sand did go in the intake, the sand will stop it? yes or no 3. if my intake ( where the surface skimmer is ) is vacuuming , and the pump is shooting water, does that mean my nano cube is okay? ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS like this 1. yes, I have left the pump on or no I havent etc etc. 2. etc. etc. THANKS! and one more, my tank is going to be find right?
1. Yes my biocube pumps run dry all of the time when i first started out, you will be fine. Just dont let it run when doign a water change from now on.
2. Yes sand goes into my tank, your lucky because your take has a surface intake, where the biocubes have the lower one which sucks up massive ammounts of sand. But most is cleared with the mechanical filtration. but your pump will be fine. it is usually small sand bits not actual sand so it shouldnt cause a problem. if you feel it does, you can always take the pump out and clean the impeller etc..
3. Yes your water should be poring into the surface skimmer and your return should be pushing out water, you shouldnt see air bubbles out of the out take which means that your pump is low on water, so add more water to the back filtration.
if you have a video camera , take a vid and send it to my email, and i will review your tank. put it on youtube and send me the link and i will review your tank and let you know my $.2