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My son's well-intentioned Kindergarten teacher requested a small aquarium for her classroom (smaller is easier, right?), and a parent bought her a Marineland 3 gallon eclipse kit. I was eventually recruited to set it up. It's been running for about two weeks now, stocked with some juvie blueberry shrimp and three small male guppies, some plastic plants, and a moss ball. I used a prefilter sponge on it that had been on my Edge for the last six months, so I wasn't too worried about cycling it.
I noticed after just a few days that the flow on the filter had really slowed down, but I figured the sponge was becoming too clogged, and I didn't really worry about it. I figured it was best to not mess with that sponge for the time being.
This afternoon I walked in and noticed the fish spending a lot of time at the surface, and the filter was making noises but not pumping at all. I removed the media and the prefilter, and checked the impeller, but it's simply not working anymore. It's just making noise and heat. I didn't have enough time to run to a fish store before the school closed, so I brought everything home. They're about to end up in my 10-gallon QT.
I also got some items from Bob's Tropical Plants today, so I guess they have to go in there, too.
I wonder if those guppies would have been dead by morning.
Since spring break is next week, I'll have these guys in this 10 gallon QT all next week. All I have on it is a sponge filter. It's not cycled, but I have plenty of prime and seachem stability. I guess it will be fine, but I'm thinking about picking up an AQ20 so I can put that prefilter on it. Do I need to?
Long term I think this 10 gallon tank will go back to the school, so maybe a HOB would be a good idea anyway. I'm done with that 3-gallon tank.
I noticed after just a few days that the flow on the filter had really slowed down, but I figured the sponge was becoming too clogged, and I didn't really worry about it. I figured it was best to not mess with that sponge for the time being.
This afternoon I walked in and noticed the fish spending a lot of time at the surface, and the filter was making noises but not pumping at all. I removed the media and the prefilter, and checked the impeller, but it's simply not working anymore. It's just making noise and heat. I didn't have enough time to run to a fish store before the school closed, so I brought everything home. They're about to end up in my 10-gallon QT.
I also got some items from Bob's Tropical Plants today, so I guess they have to go in there, too.
I wonder if those guppies would have been dead by morning.
Since spring break is next week, I'll have these guys in this 10 gallon QT all next week. All I have on it is a sponge filter. It's not cycled, but I have plenty of prime and seachem stability. I guess it will be fine, but I'm thinking about picking up an AQ20 so I can put that prefilter on it. Do I need to?
Long term I think this 10 gallon tank will go back to the school, so maybe a HOB would be a good idea anyway. I'm done with that 3-gallon tank.
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