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Any help, we just got our tank 2 weeks ago as first timers. just cleaned the filter and yellow clog indicator has not went down. Any suggestions?  SignaturePosted at author's request, using moderated http://www.PetForumz.com interface Thread archive: http://www.PetForumz.com/Fluval-filter-ftopict72542.html > Any help, we just got our tank 2 weeks ago as first timers. just > cleaned the filter and yellow clog indicator has not went down. Any > suggestions? Do you have sand substrate which is being stirred up by the critters in the tank and clogging it? When you turn off the filter, for servicing, is there a "back flush of crud" which is being spewed from the filter back into the tank, and the cleaned filter sucks this up? Are you washing out the filter pads sufficiently? ??? Regards, JS SignatureIt is like a nightmare where the public servants are people which the police are supposed to protect you from! On Sep 2, 4:58 pm, John Smith <assemblywiz...@gmail.com> sucked yet another dick and spit, then asked the question: Where can I find little bois? His momma and him needs to know! > > Any help, we just got our tank 2 weeks ago as first timers. just > > cleaned the filter and yellow clog indicator has not went down. Any > > suggestions? > Do you have sand substrate which is being stirred up by the critters in > the tank and clogging it? When you turn off the filter, for servicing, > is there a "back flush of crud" which is being spewed from the filter > back into the tank, and the cleaned filter sucks this up? Are you > washing out the filter pads sufficiently? Washing out the filter pads sufficiently on a 2 week old tank? I would have to wonder what they're washing out after only 2 weeks of running. A brand new set up *should* only have a couple small fish in it (if using fish to cycle the tank - and there are better methods these days to cycle without fish), so there shouldn't be enough gunk on the filter media to be washing off after only 2 weeks. > Any help, we just got our tank 2 weeks ago as first timers. just > cleaned the filter and yellow clog indicator has not went down. Any > suggestions? Why are you cleaning out the filter (what type are we talking about) when the tank's only been running for 2 weeks now? What size tank is this? What type of fish are in it and how many of each. Type of filter. In order to better help you, we need this missing information. > > Any help, we just got our tank 2 weeks ago as first timers. just > > cleaned the filter and yellow clog indicator has not went down. Any [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > In order to better help you, we need this missing information. No problem on that TYNK, John Smith can answer and handle any problem with minimal input from the person with the problem. He is after all a know it all self proclaimed guru......duh buyt all he really is is a moron! If John Smith says it, its bnound to be correct. >> ... >> In order to better help you, we need this missing information. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > know it all self proclaimed guru......duh buyt all he really is is a > moron! If John Smith says it, its bnound to be correct. No problem, go ahead and attempt expathetics ideas ... now let me see what are those EXCELLENT IDEAS, exactly ... well, seems like he has none, as usual ... I guess he is implying the person has no real problem, and is unable to realize that. Hmm, if I was that person I don't know if I would like that implication, or NOT! <yawn> Regards, JS SignatureIt is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which the police are supposed to protect us from! > >> ... > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > It is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which > the police are supposed to protect us from! And yet again the infamous dumbass JOhn Smith shows just what an idiot he really is with his lame assed posts and inferior info. Let all who belive bow their heads in a moment of silent prayer for his long lost mind andhope that he can find reality somewhere on USENET and be at peace with the image he sees in the mirrow. > ... > And yet again the infamous dumbass JOhn Smith shows just what an idiot [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > his long lost mind andhope that he can find reality somewhere on > USENET and be at peace with the image he sees in the mirrow. More of the same, worthless, meaningless, vile, self-centered attacks on a personality he dislikes ... if this man has any credibility, supporters or friends--they should ask themselves why ... :-( Regards, JS SignatureIt is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which the police are supposed to protect us from! On Sep 5, 4:57 pm, John Smith <assemblywiz...@gmail.com> while clinging to his mommas hairy a.s still uttered the words: shoot my sorry lame little boi loving a.s! > expat wrote: ^^^^^^^ John Smith is a bona fide loser in all aspects! > > ... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > his long lost mind andhope that he can find reality somewhere on > > USENET and be at peace with the image he sees in the mirrow. Must really suck to be name John Smith and have all those strings attached and be a puppet! Dance you f.cking moron dance said Expat to his puppet named John Smith! Dance or go without supper you fool! hahahahahahaha > ... > Must really suck to be name John Smith and have all those strings > attached and be a puppet! Dance you f.cking moron dance said Expat to > his puppet named John Smith! Dance or go without supper you fool! > hahahahahahaha Some must supply you with the negative attention you have become used to from childhood--sad, but we take care of our own here! Patience is a virtue when dealing with the mentally challenged ... ;-) Regards, JS SignatureIt is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which the police are supposed to protect us from! On Sep 6, 11:21 am, John Smith <assemblywiz...@gmail.com> while still cling for life while holding on to his mommas pussy hairs wrote: Not much of anything since he is too busy working for peanuts in Expats side show as a dancing puppet! Dance puppet John Smith dance you f.cking moron! > > expat wrote: > > ... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >It is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which > >the police are supposed to protect us from! > On Sep 6, 11:21 am, John Smith <assemblywiz...@gmail.com> while still > cling for life while holding on to his mommas pussy hairs wrote: Not > much of anything since he is too busy working for peanuts in Expats > side show as a dancing puppet! Dance puppet John Smith dance you > f.cking moron! Clear proof the cuts in mental health fundings are harming those hapless victims of debilitating and crippling mental conditions ... a crying shame, you just have to pity this poor depraved b*st*ard ... his parents failed him, his family failed him, his mind failed him, now societys' social welfare programs have failed him. :-( Regards, JS SignatureIt is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which the police are supposed to protect us from! > > On Sep 6, 11:21 am, John Smith <assemblywiz...@gmail.com> while still > > cling for life while holding on to his mommas pussy hairs wrote: Not [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > It is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which > the police are supposed to protect us from! Just further proof I own this fool dancing puppet named John Smith. I post he dances! what a f.cking moron. >>> On Sep 6, 11:21 am, John Smith <assemblywiz...@gmail.com> while still >>> cling for life while holding on to his mommas pussy hairs wrote: Not [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Just further proof I own this fool dancing puppet named John Smith. I > post he dances! what a f.cking moron. I have searched dictionaries, psychiatric tomes and thesis's for a description of the mental disorder this pitiful individual(s) suffers from--I cannot find one. When ones' whole world has been reduced to worthless displays of angry and vile verbiage and suffers the disdain, rebuke, pity and arrows of others just for a bit a negative attention, what do you call it? When ones whole world lies in a tiny shoe box meant to hold the shoes of a tiny/petite woman ... it makes the heart bleed for such an individual ... The aspect of the mental disorder which causes boasts of accomplishment derived from such actions boggles the mind. It makes one realize that this individual has never, in his pathetic lifetime ever accomplished anything more notable, indeed, quite obviously never will ... How do we allow such people in such dire grips of mental disorder(s) to go about suffering in such angry agony? Is he some wino with a wine bottle in a gutter with a laptop? Is he some un-bathed and unshaven individual with a backpack sitting at a computer in a library with a librarian spraying scented aerosols behind him for the benefit of other patrons ... is he the stumble bum staggering down skid-row with laptop in hand ... is he a 35 year old idiot living in his aging mothers basement? -- it all makes one imagination race in wonder ... such actions cannot paint a pretty picture ... The world has a cold heart ... :-( Regards, JS SignatureIt is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which the police are supposed to protect us from! I snipped the bullcrap........ Look how much space you both took up in this thread that had nothing to do with the original poster's Q's about their filter. You jumped the gun with your advice a bit, and that should have been acknowledged by you, and then the necessary Q's asked of the original poster. Everything else should have been ignored. > ... > You jumped the gun with your advice a bit, and that should have been > acknowledged by you, and then the necessary Q's asked of the original > poster. > Everything else should have been ignored. Jump the gun? I think not! You assumed that he began his "new tank" with all new gravel/sand, rocks, etc. I did not ... I could have looked for other reason a filter would have been "plugged" so quickly, I suppose ... such as the individual forgot and got one of his shirts inserted into it. A marble is stuck in one of the hoses. He is dumping his ashtrays into the tank ... I took it for granted the individual had more brains than some here and would have noticed such things ... but if you care to insult his intelligence ... go ahead, we'll watch ... Regards, JS SignatureIt is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which the police are supposed to protect us from! > > ... > > You jumped the gun with your advice a bit, and that should have been [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > It is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which > the police are supposed to protect us from! I never insulted the original poster. Re-read it. The things you asked would not have applied to a 2 week old tank....other than your mention of a possible clog from sand. So yes, you jumped the gun a bit. nikandmik wrote: > Any help, we just got our tank 2 weeks ago as first timers. just > cleaned the filter and yellow clog indicator has not went down. Any > suggestions? Do you have sand substrate which is being stirred up by the critters in the tank and clogging it? When you turn off the filter, for servicing, is there a "back flush of crud" which is being spewed from the filter back into the tank, and the cleaned filter sucks this up? Are you washing out the filter pads sufficiently? A 2 week old tank not have built up gunk that could be back flushed into the tank, and there shouldn't be much of anything on the filter media that would require them to "wash out the filter pads sufficiently". If anything, a quick swoosh in old tank water would suffice. If there's a lot of gunk, then there's a different problem that needs to be fixed. They mentioned it was their first tank. A two week old, first timer tank. Asking the Q's I did in NO way insulted their intelligence. In fact, That information is absolutely required to help them properly. It would appear that you just want to argue. Maybe you're new to posting on a fish forum, or helping folks out online. But there are times when certain information is needed *before* you can give out a proper reply. No one said you're wrong, I said you jumped the gun a little. You're ticked off because of your "shadow". Don't take that out on others. >> [bizarre justifications to an over-reaction] Yes, EVERYTHING I suggested were valid fixes to known problems which occur ... if not of immediate value to the original poster, they will be in the future. You split hairs for some reason, most likely just a personal character defect within yourself; easily overlooked, actually ... calm down, carry on ... Regards, JS SignatureIt is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which the police are supposed to protect us from! > >> [bizarre justifications to an over-reaction] > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > It is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which > the police are supposed to protect us from! Johnny Boi would be better off if he read and not posted than to go head to head with those in the know! Best get over it Johnny Boy, TYNK forgot more about fish keeping and related items than you'll ever know in the time that it took you to write your spiel. Hey Tynk, when you going to come down and visit us. We even have some pretty neat wild tropical fish I never even heard of before in the streams here. >> ... > Johnny Boi would be better off if he read and not posted than to go [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > We even have some pretty neat wild tropical fish I never even heard of > before in the streams here. <yawn> ... but good luck with your GAY-la event ... :-) Regards, JS SignatureIt is like a nightmare where the public servants are the people which the police are supposed to protect us from! > >> ... Hey Tynk, when you going to come down and visit us. > > We even have some pretty neat wild tropical fish I never even heard of > > before in the streams here. > <yawn> ... but good luck with your GAY-la event ... :-) Mr. Smith, Are you assuming I am a gay person because my screen name is "Tynk", a shortened / spelling change version of Tink...short for Tinkerbelle....which is a famous fairy (aka Pixie) from Disney? By the way, I am not a gay person. I am a married, mother of 2. I've been a serious hobbyist for the past 30 years. I specialize in Angelfish and Bettas, but have kept most types of fish in this time. I've helped folks out with their fish or tank problems for about 12 years online now, and in person since I was a kid. I don't know who you think you are Mr. Smith, but this is an open forum for all to use. There general steps that are taken when helping somebody online. You aren't at their house, and you can't see their tank or their fish. Certain information is needed before giving an intelligent answer. So far, I have not seen this from you in this particular thread. Mostly, you want to bicker and call names. Why not learn the simple steps needed in order to better help folks out here that want to learn, or need help with their fish. You see I've been doing this long enough to know that if a 2 week old tank is needing a thorough cleaning of the filter media, I don't need to be there to know that there's a much larger issue going on...*WHY* would the filter clogged, and why does it need a good cleaning? A newbie has to learn the cycling process, proper tank maintenance, and the requirements of each fish they may have or want. 98% of the time they've already got the tank, put a bunch of fish in it, and are left with a huge mess. Usually.....it's on the advice of a pet shop employee too! You Mr. Smith, need to learn the right questions, in the right order if you truly want to help folks. Lose your attitude, slow down, and stop the bullshit bickering. It won't stop until you do. It's been going on for many years, with many different folks over the years. If you have the ability to control yourself, and read between the lines (so to speak) of posts left by newbies, you'll provide a good service of helping others out. To continue like you are will only make things worse............for all of us. [more of the same chit meant to wear individuals down and chase them away from the news group] All your chit is repetitive ... however, it has grown to ridiculous large amounts of bizarre text which could be summed up in few words--intelligent writers use "economy of words", anything else bores the reader, wastes time and presents the writer as too stupid to condense/focus/clearly-define their thoughts ... read a good book on proper writing habits and get back to me. Regards, JS Signatureloudobbs.com -- you do have the power to be informed; but, first you have to use it. Tynk wrote: Nothing but the facts and only the facts. If the facts hurt, don't read em. >> [more of the same chit meant to wear individuals down and chase them >> away from the news group] [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > loudobbs.com -- you do have the power to be informed; but, first you > have to use it. Lou Dobbs is just another idiot with an opinion like me! > Tynk wrote: Nothing but the facts and only the facts. If the facts > hurt, don't read em. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> loudobbs.com -- you do have the power to be informed; but, first you >> have to use it. Lou Dobbs is just another idiot with an opinion like me! [fool expathic failure ... :-( ] However, I do know imitation is the most sincere form of flattery ... I'd much prefer the same from a female and not an impersonator ... :-( But then, I AM happily married! :-) Regards, JS Signatureloudobbs.com -- you do have the power to be informed; but, first you have to use it. > Yes, EVERYTHING I suggested were valid fixes to known problems which > occur ... if not of immediate value to the original poster, they will be > in the future. ON A 2 WEEK OLD TANK??? No. Nothing you you mentioned, except for a clog from substrate were valid for a 2 week old tank. In 2 weeks there should NOT be enough gunk to block a filter. It doesn't matter that it *may* be useful info for the *future*. There is such a thing as too much information....especially when it comes to newbies in this hobby....which the poster said they were. > You split hairs for some reason, most likely just a personal character > defect within yourself; easily overlooked, actually ... calm down, carry > on ... I made a simple correction to something you posted and you toss out insults. What a jerk. >> Yes, EVERYTHING I suggested were valid fixes to known problems which >> occur ... if not of immediate value to the original poster, they will be [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > insults. > What a jerk. Somehow, it like you didn't hear me. At this point I just take it for granted you are too stupid too -- others may decide for themselves ... Regards, JS Signatureloudobbs.com -- you do have the power to be informed; but, first you have to use it. > Must really suck to be name John Smith and have all those strings > attached and be a puppet! Dance you f.cking moron dance said Expat to > his puppet named John Smith! Dance or go without supper you fool! > hahahahahahaha [sigh...] You folks seem to be doing a pretty god job of ignoring this idiot [thanks, btw], but here's just a quick reminder... http://flyashi.googlepages.com/troll.jpg http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtroll.html http://tailgatesport.com/feed_troll.jpg troll An {electronic mail} message, {Usenet} posting or other (electronic) communication which is intentionally incorrect, but not overtly controversial (compare {flame bait}), or the act of sending such a message. Trolling aims to elicit an emotional reaction from those with a hair-trigger on the reply key. A really subtle troll makes some people lose their minds. (1994-10-17) [The same definition can be found, with cross-references, here; http://foldoc.org/?troll ] SignatureEmail to; 0mn1-sneaking(a)sneakEmail,com but fix the (a) and the comma first. When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty. -- Norm Crosby > Any help, we just got our tank 2 weeks ago as first timers. just > cleaned the filter and yellow clog indicator has not went down. Any > suggestions? I certainly hope you are ignoring the childish behavior by some. I'm hoping you're not having troubles still. > Any help, we just got our tank 2 weeks ago as first timers. just > cleaned the filter and yellow clog indicator has not went down. Any > suggestions? Just a thought, you have checked the clog indicator and made sure it is not stuck, right ... My Fluval 4 once had its' indicator stuck, some high pressure water to flush it out worked ... Regards, JS Signatureloudobbs.com -- you do have the power to be informed; but, first you have to use it. |
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