help, my AQUACLEAR filter stopped working

pistolgrippump · 02-10-2007, 02:54 PM

i had an auqaclear filter on my smaller tank and it stopped working...this was after i unplugged it just for a waster change...the instructions told me to do this....i didnt clean it or anything, i just unplugged it...i've had it since september of 06. wasn't sure what happened but i bought another...NOW, my aquaclear filter stopped working on my bigger tank...this was after i unplugged it and cleaned it, but i made sure no water got on anything it wasnt supposed to. what do you think could have happened, b/c i'm really confused. the filter i have on my bigger tank has been with me since october of 06. if i did something stupid, please dont yell at me or verbally slap me...im only human.

**SueM** · 02-10-2007, 03:02 PM

AC are notorious for that, if you don't clean the impeller portion, once in a while they get stuck. Just take a wooded stick, skewer, pencil, what ever and poke it down in the top where you see the white impeller (fan) part. Make sure its plugged it. Always works for me

pistolgrippump · 02-10-2007, 04:21 PM

SueM, u must have been sent from heaven b/c u r an angel. i tried what u said, and used a pencil, and it turned right back on. wow. thank you soooo much for ur help, i cant tell u how relieved i am that its working. thanks again.

**Osiris** · 02-10-2007, 05:58 PM

gosh dang it and here i kept taking them completely apart to clean them and had one do it to me near bedtime, on a big tank SOB. Thanks for the tip Sue

02-10-2007, 02:54 PM	#1
pistolgrippump Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 2	help, my AQUACLEAR filter stopped working i had an auqaclear filter on my smaller tank and it stopped working...this was after i unplugged it just for a waster change...the instructions told me to do this....i didnt clean it or anything, i just unplugged it...i've had it since september of 06. wasn't sure what happened but i bought another...NOW, my aquaclear filter stopped working on my bigger tank...this was after i unplugged it and cleaned it, but i made sure no water got on anything it wasnt supposed to. what do you think could have happened, b/c i'm really confused. the filter i have on my bigger tank has been with me since october of 06. if i did something stupid, please dont yell at me or verbally slap me...im only human.

02-10-2007, 03:02 PM	#2
SueM Administrator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kennewick, WA. Age: 50 Posts: 1,056	AC are notorious for that, if you don't clean the impeller portion, once in a while they get stuck. Just take a wooded stick, skewer, pencil, what ever and poke it down in the top where you see the white impeller (fan) part. Make sure its plugged it. Always works for me __________________ Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled

02-10-2007, 05:58 PM	#4
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,714	gosh dang it and here i kept taking them completely apart to clean them and had one do it to me near bedtime, on a big tank SOB. Thanks for the tip Sue __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

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pistolgrippump Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 2	SueM, u must have been sent from heaven b/c u r an angel. i tried what u said, and used a pencil, and it turned right back on. wow. thank you soooo much for ur help, i cant tell u how relieved i am that its working. thanks again.

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