Crack in Tank?? Crack in Filter?? Help!!
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hun was it purchased at like petco? if so they will return it for you they will just swap it out of a kit with out too many questions (when they ask how long you have had it just say a "few" weeks dont say two months lol)
i may have returned a five year old powerhead there once that sucked up a rock and broke i might have said i had it for a few weeks and they did exchange it for me (retail on the head was eighty nine dollars)
with the filter like that they send it back to the manufacturer and trust me dont feel too bad their profit margin is huge and they have screwed plenty of people over in the past
i may have returned a five year old powerhead there once that sucked up a rock and broke i might have said i had it for a few weeks and they did exchange it for me (retail on the head was eighty nine dollars)
with the filter like that they send it back to the manufacturer and trust me dont feel too bad their profit margin is huge and they have screwed plenty of people over in the past
take the filter into walmart they will break a kit open and do an exchange for you. Walmart is pretty easy to deal with for returns as is petco/petsmart
they will just send the kit back out with the bad filter to the manufacturer
if you can't produce a receipt and just want an even exchange they will be happy to do that. (well happy isn't the right word but they will)
When you go in walk up to the service desk and ask to leave it there for an exchange, grab a cart go back to the fish section and grab a kit, then put on your "negotiation pants" and go back up front with the new kit tell them what happened and that it was new and they will just break the kit open and give you the filter (they may need to call a mgr over but they will do it)
if the filter has calcium buildup on it take a permanent marker and black the white spots out before you return it
they will just send the kit back out with the bad filter to the manufacturer
if you can't produce a receipt and just want an even exchange they will be happy to do that. (well happy isn't the right word but they will)
When you go in walk up to the service desk and ask to leave it there for an exchange, grab a cart go back to the fish section and grab a kit, then put on your "negotiation pants" and go back up front with the new kit tell them what happened and that it was new and they will just break the kit open and give you the filter (they may need to call a mgr over but they will do it)
if the filter has calcium buildup on it take a permanent marker and black the white spots out before you return it
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lol!! I looked at it and I think it overflowed bacause I may have forgotten to change the filter cartridge. Oops. Well, no worries!! I have 2 more in store!!
I looked at it and I think it overflowed bacause I may have forgotten to change the filter cartridge. Oops. Well, no worries!! I have 2 more in store!!
Ok, well, i still need silicone. It's the frame on the bottom of the tank that's starting to become unattached. The inside is still sealed, but the water is leaking out somehow. I'll just silicone the bottom, wait a few days, add water till it's half way full, leave it for a day or two, then see if it leaks. If it still leaks, I'll post here, but if it doesn't then I'm setting the tank up again.
then put the whole set up back in the box and go return it to walmart for a new one. if you don't have a box just lug the tank and filter set up in there dry they WILL exchange it for you
Enough silicone to "fix" the leak is going to cost you around 10.00 they sell 10 gallon tanks (with out all the junk) for 12.99 at walmart
I promise this will be a reoccurring problem, walmart will exchange the set up for a new one for you if you just bring it back in there.
Another option would be to buy a new one, bring it home put the old one in the box and return the whole thing for a refund of your money (god im a shister)
walmart however is the axis of evil that i cant seem to avoid so i dont have a real issue with doing this to them
Enough silicone to "fix" the leak is going to cost you around 10.00 they sell 10 gallon tanks (with out all the junk) for 12.99 at walmart
I promise this will be a reoccurring problem, walmart will exchange the set up for a new one for you if you just bring it back in there.
Another option would be to buy a new one, bring it home put the old one in the box and return the whole thing for a refund of your money (god im a shister)
walmart however is the axis of evil that i cant seem to avoid so i dont have a real issue with doing this to them