It is sucking up into itself, I use silicone airline connected to a check valve which is connected to another piece of silicone airline that runs into a Hagen Elite Mini.
Be careful. If the bottle keeps on collapsing like that, you will end up with the yeast mixture inside your aquarium! It is possible the Hagen Elite Mini is too strong, causing the pop bottle to collapse like that.
Happens to me all the time with my bubble counter. Usually it is when the filter intake is clogged with plant debris and other stuff. It makes the pump suck a lot harder on your air tube rather than sucking tank water. See if this is the case.
I was following that one thread at that one other forum, but yea I checked it and it didn't look like their was gunk, but I cleaned it a little anyways. I do have a stockign rubberband to cover the slits because I have babies in that tank.
pinch off the hose let some pressure build in the bottle for a min or two it should do the exact opposite of implode unless you have suction of some sort on the other end
I just took off the stocking that I rubberbanded onto the filter. Hopefully I won't see any chopped up baby guppies all over the place. Well I guess they'd get stuck to the sponge covering the output thingy.
pinch off the hose let some pressure build in the bottle for a min or two it should do the exact opposite of implode unless you have suction of some sort on the other end
the solution that comes with the hagens are very smelly. When mine spilled and broke I was sick to my stomach yackin every moment I get. Id rather smell a skunk that the stuff in my room.
so becarefull, release some pressure then find a stronger bottle soon. I liked gatorade bottles.
Maybe try a firmer plastic bottle, instead of using a flimsy 2 liter soda bottle try a thicker apple juice or gatorade bottle.
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