The Puffer Forum

I woke up this morning to find my carpet soaking wet under the suvattii/Palembang tank -- and first thing I thought was" where in the world would I put my suvattii and Palembang puffers?" But then I looked to see the source of the leak, it wasn't the tank itself, but rather the hang-on filter that's on that tank! I don't know why, but it was leaking from where the little motor joins the actual filter.

Thankfully I caught it before too much had drained out, but it was still enough to soak the carpet in a 2-foot circumference, enough to make the house have that wonderful "wet carpet" smell. So now I'm wondering if I have to worry about the other 2 hang-on filters that are on 2 of my other tanks. I always try to keep more than one filter going on some of my tanks, so I always have back-ups, but that still means I'm one filter down, and will have to replace that.

I was so bummed out about the leak and the wet carpet that we went out and I bought myself a couple of new dwarf puffers to make myself feel better. One of the dwarfs is the smallest I've ever seen, I mean this little guy is like a speck! But I like getting the tiny ones because you get to see them grow. I had wanted to get a bunch of them, because most of them were tiny, but the husband wouldn't let me -- however I did get to add another crab to my collection. It looks very much like a red-claw crab but it was called a "Boxer" crab. I didn't take note of the latin name though unfortunately. I'm up to 8 crabs now, they're just too hard for me to resist!!

schismy007 wrote:I woke up this morning to find my carpet soaking wet under the suvattii/Palembang tank -- and first thing I thought was" where in the world would I put my suvattii and Palembang puffers?" But then I looked to see the source of the leak, it wasn't the tank itself, but rather the hang-on filter that's on that tank! I don't know why, but it was leaking from where the little motor joins the actual filter.

Thankfully I caught it before too much had drained out, but it was still enough to soak the carpet in a 2-foot circumference, enough to make the house have that wonderful "wet carpet" smell. So now I'm wondering if I have to worry about the other 2 hang-on filters that are on 2 of my other tanks. I always try to keep more than one filter going on some of my tanks, so I always have back-ups, but that still means I'm one filter down, and will have to replace that.

I was so bummed out about the leak and the wet carpet that we went out and I bought myself a couple of new dwarf puffers to make myself feel better. One of the dwarfs is the smallest I've ever seen, I mean this little guy is like a speck! But I like getting the tiny ones because you get to see them grow. I had wanted to get a bunch of them, because most of them were tiny, but the husband wouldn't let me -- however I did get to add another crab to my collection. It looks very much like a red-claw crab but it was called a "Boxer" crab. I didn't take note of the latin name though unfortunately. I'm up to 8 crabs now, they're just too hard for me to resist!!

I got 2 hang on filters im not using if you want em, pefectly working!

Thank you, that is very nice to offer, but I'm going to change over to completely internal I think now.

depending on how bug your tanks are fluval makes a in water filter called fluval u series i have a fluval u4 in my lil bro 20 gallon and thats all i need he has a bunch of chiclids and his water stays really clean and clear.... try looking them up and see if it suites your needs

What's the filter brand? Have you taken it apart via the motor lately?

There should be an o-ring in there, and sometimes they dry out and need a little lubricant to seal properly, or maybe when you put it back together, the o ring wasn't seated just right.

I wouldn't give up on it, but I'd check it out and see if its something simple to fix, like repositioning the O ring or replacing it if it broke or got lost. Then run the filter on a bucket or something down in your basement for a few days to see if it starts leaking again (not over your carpet!)