I have moved house a couple of months ago and was left with a pond and 9 goldfish. I was also left with no instructions or manuals for the pond or pond equipment, and for someone who hasn’t even owned a pet fish so I’ve having to brush up on my knowledge the last couple of months.
To cut things short basically I’m at a lost with the pond equipment. The pond is set up is a Hozelock Bioforce 4500 filter, with a titan pump. The pump is attached to a water fountain attachment.
The filter was left off during the time we moved and has only been switched on as recently as advised.
I turned down the water fountain attachment as it was noisy at night time, (seriously its like a hose pipe aiming up in the air) I kept it at a low setting for a couple of days thinking this would not do any harm.
A couple of days later I noticed that the pond equipment was not working, and had turned itself off, and after a couple of tries trying to switch it on and off I concluded that maybe the filter needed cleaning out. So I got a bucket emptied the filter out, and washed the sponges and other filter media out with pond water, which was clogged and ridden with pond slit.
I put everything back together fine, switched the pond back on and noticed the flow out of the pond was A LOT heavier but figured that was normal.
The pond filter worked roughly 2 hours before cutting out, and I was able to “reset” the filter by unclipping and lifting the lid up which resulted in a slight gurgling sound some water coming out the tubes.
This pattern continued happening so the next day I opened up the filter again gave the sponges another looking at and double checked I put everything in the filter correctly. I also swapped the hoses on the filter and ran the filter to ensure there were no blockages in the pipes.
Some how this has made it even worse, and the filter will only run for about 30 mins before cutting out.
Frustrating…..
All I can conclude is that the filter won’t start working again till I remove the lid or take some water out of the filter, but no matter what the filter always cuts out.
Which makes me wonder if the filter is taking in too much water and cutting out? As the flow from the pipe is a lot heavier then before I cleaned out the filter.
I have experimented and have put the fountain back on a high setting to try and see if that creates a balance between the pump and filter but it still cut’s out, and I’m not sure if a titan has a flow control.
Either way suggestions? Does anyone have any ideas what I’ve done? Or is it seriously time for some new equipment?
To cut things short basically I’m at a lost with the pond equipment. The pond is set up is a Hozelock Bioforce 4500 filter, with a titan pump. The pump is attached to a water fountain attachment.
The filter was left off during the time we moved and has only been switched on as recently as advised.
I turned down the water fountain attachment as it was noisy at night time, (seriously its like a hose pipe aiming up in the air) I kept it at a low setting for a couple of days thinking this would not do any harm.
A couple of days later I noticed that the pond equipment was not working, and had turned itself off, and after a couple of tries trying to switch it on and off I concluded that maybe the filter needed cleaning out. So I got a bucket emptied the filter out, and washed the sponges and other filter media out with pond water, which was clogged and ridden with pond slit.
I put everything back together fine, switched the pond back on and noticed the flow out of the pond was A LOT heavier but figured that was normal.
The pond filter worked roughly 2 hours before cutting out, and I was able to “reset” the filter by unclipping and lifting the lid up which resulted in a slight gurgling sound some water coming out the tubes.
This pattern continued happening so the next day I opened up the filter again gave the sponges another looking at and double checked I put everything in the filter correctly. I also swapped the hoses on the filter and ran the filter to ensure there were no blockages in the pipes.
Some how this has made it even worse, and the filter will only run for about 30 mins before cutting out.
Frustrating…..
All I can conclude is that the filter won’t start working again till I remove the lid or take some water out of the filter, but no matter what the filter always cuts out.
Which makes me wonder if the filter is taking in too much water and cutting out? As the flow from the pipe is a lot heavier then before I cleaned out the filter.
I have experimented and have put the fountain back on a high setting to try and see if that creates a balance between the pump and filter but it still cut’s out, and I’m not sure if a titan has a flow control.
Either way suggestions? Does anyone have any ideas what I’ve done? Or is it seriously time for some new equipment?
