clka
Active Member
Finally got the replacement hood on; also made two trips to the water store this morning and filled the tank with plans to add salt today.
Once we got it started up we noticed that one of the pumps is spewing out tiny white particles (they seem solid) about every 10 secs - at first I thought it might be something from the cod media rack, but that was well rinsed, and both pumps should be spewing if that were the case. The amount is pretty significant, pretty much covers the surface and is sticking to the plastic overflow. Any clue what this could be?
I don't want to add salt until this resolves...for now we have both pumps and the skimmer pump on to try to move water through. I'm guessing the black sponge should catch the particles so I will rinse it shortly. My husband is thinking we might want to dump all the water and start over - ugh, I hope we don't have to do that. I wish I had thought to run the pumps in a bucket before start up.
Also, should the media rack be floating? It has floated up to just below the pumps - all I have on it is the rinsed bag of carbon (that may have dried out a bit since it was rinsed)
Thanks,
Cheryl
Once we got it started up we noticed that one of the pumps is spewing out tiny white particles (they seem solid) about every 10 secs - at first I thought it might be something from the cod media rack, but that was well rinsed, and both pumps should be spewing if that were the case. The amount is pretty significant, pretty much covers the surface and is sticking to the plastic overflow. Any clue what this could be?
I don't want to add salt until this resolves...for now we have both pumps and the skimmer pump on to try to move water through. I'm guessing the black sponge should catch the particles so I will rinse it shortly. My husband is thinking we might want to dump all the water and start over - ugh, I hope we don't have to do that. I wish I had thought to run the pumps in a bucket before start up.
Also, should the media rack be floating? It has floated up to just below the pumps - all I have on it is the rinsed bag of carbon (that may have dried out a bit since it was rinsed)
Thanks,
Cheryl