Filter Troubles

[c_paan]

I have a hob filter that is extremely noisy. I have noticed it more in the past week or two. In the last month or more i have came home to the filter completly stopped. I would just nudge it and it would kick back in. It sounds like a grinding sound. Can you buy new impelors for your filters? Does anyone think this is why its making so much darn noise! Its probably not the greatest quality filter, its a whisper 60, or somehting like that.

 

[c_paan]

I hate to be an idiot here and ask again for help but im not gunna have the internet at home this weekend.....i gots 15m till i go home...please help......lol

 

[rocketshrimp]

try cleaning the impeller and the area it slides into.
That might work.
good Luck

 

[fishlover25]

it could have snails, gravel, or sand in it, just clean the whole thing in the inside and see if it helps

 

[Managuense]

not to start up any "crap" but i have had 0 luck with whisper filters.

the problems you are describing seem to be part of whipsers standard program......mine were noisy right out of the box, and the ones i have run for any length of time always burn up within a year.

 

[c_paan]

I have tried cleanin the heck out of that noisy thing, but i think mana is right. I bought the whisper because it was made for a tank my size or a bit bigger so i figured it had more then enough power and would definetly run great om my 55 with cichlids. Which it does, cleans great but one noisy mutha... But I bought it because after getting everything else and building a stand its all i could afford being a cheap walmart filter. I knew I would eventualy need something better, so i geuss this is the time. Thanks everyone.