Ok...I have some good news and some bad news...and then a question.
First, part of the good news is that I found an acrylic nano cube at a garage sale today. Ya know the black kind with the plumbing in the back Lady had it and said that belonged to her daughter's boyfriend who had seahorses in it up until last fall and that he wanted to get "as much as possible" for it and I said "how about $10?" and she said "ok" SO I got a cute little nano cube for ten bucks. Good news continued is that I got it home, filled it up with water and wala it appears to hold water just fine. I also tried out the little LED light and the lights in the hood and they seem to work well.
Bad news. It looks like its pretty scratched up (when will people learn to be nice to acrylic??) but that I can deal with...and when I plugged it in the pump no worky. Crud. SO I have a cute little nano cube filled up in my bedroom (as if I needed ANOTHER new tank) and it appears that I need to replace the pump. I figure, thats ok. What can I expect for 10 bucks...no worries.
But then I looked closer (this is where the question comes in) and I cannot figure out how I could possibly take the thing apart to get the pump out??
I do not know what brand it is (where would a brand be? maybe inside the little hood?), but filling it up it appears to be like 6 gallons or so, so its a little thing. I can't like fit my hand down in there where the pump is to unattach it from the thing and pull it out. Does anyone have something similar and can help me out? I think *maybe* I could try unscrewing the little powerhead thing and that would allow me to pull the pump out, but I didn't want to try and then go and break it until I asked to see what you guys think. Can try to get pics if that would help...
First, part of the good news is that I found an acrylic nano cube at a garage sale today. Ya know the black kind with the plumbing in the back Lady had it and said that belonged to her daughter's boyfriend who had seahorses in it up until last fall and that he wanted to get "as much as possible" for it and I said "how about $10?" and she said "ok" SO I got a cute little nano cube for ten bucks. Good news continued is that I got it home, filled it up with water and wala it appears to hold water just fine. I also tried out the little LED light and the lights in the hood and they seem to work well.
Bad news. It looks like its pretty scratched up (when will people learn to be nice to acrylic??) but that I can deal with...and when I plugged it in the pump no worky. Crud. SO I have a cute little nano cube filled up in my bedroom (as if I needed ANOTHER new tank) and it appears that I need to replace the pump. I figure, thats ok. What can I expect for 10 bucks...no worries.
But then I looked closer (this is where the question comes in) and I cannot figure out how I could possibly take the thing apart to get the pump out??
I do not know what brand it is (where would a brand be? maybe inside the little hood?), but filling it up it appears to be like 6 gallons or so, so its a little thing. I can't like fit my hand down in there where the pump is to unattach it from the thing and pull it out. Does anyone have something similar and can help me out? I think *maybe* I could try unscrewing the little powerhead thing and that would allow me to pull the pump out, but I didn't want to try and then go and break it until I asked to see what you guys think. Can try to get pics if that would help...