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Old June 21st 04, 01:57 PM
Haynes'ey
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One of my Fluval 4 plus filters is every twenty seconds or so spewing out
loads of tiny air bubbles by the thousand, this has only just started after
being ok for about a week.

I'm running two together but no fish yet.

My water readings after 4 weeks with no fish but adding fish food every
other day along with a teaspoon of cycle.

Ammonia still high 7.9

PH 7.0

Nitrite zero

Nitrate almost zero

Does this sound correct for 4 weeks and should I now put a fish in?

Thanks again,

Haynes'ey.

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Old June 21st 04, 02:59 PM
Geezer From The Freezer
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Haynes'ey wrote:

One of my Fluval 4 plus filters is every twenty seconds or so spewing out
loads of tiny air bubbles by the thousand, this has only just started after
being ok for about a week.

I'm running two together but no fish yet.

My water readings after 4 weeks with no fish but adding fish food every
other day along with a teaspoon of cycle.

Ammonia still high 7.9

PH 7.0

Nitrite zero

Nitrate almost zero

Does this sound correct for 4 weeks and should I now put a fish in?


Ammonia needs to be 0 - 7.9 is VERY high and would kill your fish. Wait for your
ammonia levels
to drop - nitrite should go up and eventually this should lower and nitrates
will go up.
When Ammonia and NitrItes are at 0 your cycle has completed. Test your NitrAtes
and if high
do a water change - THEN you can add fish.

Fluval filters thorwing air bubbles out? I wouldn't worry too much as long as
the intake is
still taking in water.
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Old June 21st 04, 07:47 PM
Geoff Kemp
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One of my Fluval 4 plus filters is every twenty seconds or so spewing out
loads of tiny air bubbles by the thousand, this has only just started

after
being ok for about a week.


There is a little knob ontop of the outlet you can twist to stop this as
bascially there is an inline air in-take on the outlet of the filter.

Geoff


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Old June 23rd 04, 10:58 PM
Haynes'ey
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Thanks very much for the info Geoff & Geezer.

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