Filter Help Needed Please

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Offline pollydoodle

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Filter help needed please
« on: July 28, 2018, 10:20:58 AM »
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My son set up my tank a few weeks ago and as I've got more confident I'm more aware of things.  For a while I didn't think the filter was working properly but couldn't work out why.  I did a biggish water change yesterday and investigated further.  It seems the pipes for the filter are back to front  :sick:.  What should be IN is connected to the OUT!  :yikes:
I'm about to change it round but are there a few things I need to do apart from turn off the filter at the mains
Is it just a question of reversing the pipes or does something else need to be done

I wish I put things together myself, then I would know how it all works

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Re: Filter help needed please
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2018, 10:25:07 AM »
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Can you remind us what make and model the filter is please?

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Re: Filter help needed please
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2018, 11:49:54 AM »
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Re: Filter help needed please
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2018, 12:50:26 PM »
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So... do you have the filter sucking in water via the spray bar? I think the hoses just need swapping if that's the case...

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Re: Filter help needed please
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2018, 01:50:33 PM »
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So... do you have the filter sucking in water via the spray bar? I think the hoses just need swapping if that's the case...

Yes, it seems like it.  I was going to just swap the hoses round, I presume just undo from the top, but wondered if I need do anything else apart from switch off supply.

 going to give it a go,towel on floor filter in bucket.  Just hope it doesnt syphon out before I've finished!   ::)

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Re: Filter help needed please
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2018, 02:49:37 PM »
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Swap them up near the spray bar end rather than the filter end and you shouldnt have that problem... Take a bit of water out to lower the water level if you need to...

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Re: Filter help needed please
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2018, 03:23:12 PM »
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Thank you so much Matt.

What it is to have brains.  Why didn't I think of that!!  :vcross:

All done now and working as it should :D

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