I have just bought a Blue Panet tank and find the fillter return quite annoying. If i turn the water flow valve up, then the water returning to the tank produces quite large bubbles which then gather under the filter box causing large air bubbles. I hope this makes sense. Does anyone else find this happens with their Blue Planet setup and does any one know off a way to avoid this. Thanks

Hi

What sort of tank do you have? (There is a few in that range) We should be able to help with advice on that.

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It is a Blue Planet Lagoon. 70lts I think. Its got the built in light and filter

yes I know what you mean and thought they are extremely loud also. apparently its the new design to have all those bubbles coming out. if you look on the filter box where the outlet is there is a slit in the actual box itself. if you can manage to block that up some how I would imagine the air supply wouldnt come through. but if you have any problems with the pump from doing that it may not be under warranty from modifying it. hope this helps

welcome to the forums bottlerocket

can't help with your tank problem, sorry

I see what you mean about the slots in the fillter box, seems to be pointless. I was thinking about filling the last part of the fillter box with more bio rings but after seeing the slots in the box I dont think they will have any affect on the bubbles. agggg the bubbles :bounce: they are doing my head in, oh and thanks for the help so far

We stopped our 140 litre from doing that by cutting a piece of silicone hose and stuffing it along the split. Seems to have completely stopped the bubbling. Still, we've complained to Animates and they're getting a new unit for us :].

How strange they would design it like that! I have never noticed the slot, might talk to the rep about it bottlerocket.

Thanks Sharn, would be good to hear what they have to say about it, keep us posted

Could you fill the End where the Slot is with Filter Wool??

So that it's not coming out of the Slot with such Force that it makes a noise.

We had to do a similer thing with our Aquaone AR620T Tank the Noise was driving us insane :evil:

With our tank it wasn't the fact that the water was coming out too fast and splashing etc, it was that the volume of water rushing past a small opening was creating a pretty strong venturi effect and sucking a heck of a lot of air in - creating a hell of a lot of noise! So you got stung with the constant powerhead hum, the sucking noise, the bubbles bouncing around and finally the popping.