i box problem, need help!! urgently!!!

[tahir69]

anyone out there, can help me rectify the problem i having right now. its 2.30 am.. ..the water in i box goes down very slow...thus my main tank got flooded...anyone can urgently help me!

[hermit]

anyone out there, can help me rectify the problem i having right now. its 2.30 am.. ..the water in i box goes down very slow...thus my main tank got flooded...anyone can urgently help me!

check tat the outlet piping is not stuck wif something else asap..................

decrease the return pump flow rate by adj the return piping ball valve

[tahir69]

check tat the outlet piping is not stuck wif something else asap..................

decrease the return pump flow rate by adj the return piping ball valve

hei tks hermit, but i hv check there's nothing inside that block..and what u mean by "decrease the return pump flow rate by adj the return piping ball valve"

[hermit]

tats mean at the mean while jus reduce the water flow rate back to the main tank lor..................

there may be some thing stuck in the u pipe or

water is been entered into the siphon pipe causes it to reduces its siphon capacity..........

can try to do start the siphonning again...................to see whether it is getting better anot?

[ervine]

I suppose that air got into the u tube again... thus the siphon rate slowed down.. stick a tube up the U tube and suck to make sure there's no air inside

[tahir69]

yesterday, i have cleared the U tube, but still the same, then i use a thin wire, clear inside th siphon where there is a small hole, after that is little bit better, water in may main tank can still cope, but now i'm at work and nobody home, dont know what will happen if it starts again..anyone can suggest anymore ideas and anyway that i can improve the i box, to prevent this from happening

[lightningstrike]

fill the u tube up wif water to the brim on both ends, secure both the ends tightly wif cutouts of plastic bags and rubber bands, invert the u pipe (now a n pipe) to make sure it is not leaking. put the pipe into as per norm position in ur i-box. use a chopstick to push out the rubber bands and remove the plastic cutouts on both ends. presto!!! siphon is working!!! if still dun understand, give Ian a ring.