Juice
Fish Fanatic
OK my 15g has an aqua clear mini. The filter just seels a little too small. I want something bigger, but cheap, any suggestions/links?
Wow. After looking up online prices, I see they have gone up quite a bit since I bought mine 2 years ago. The AquaClear 30/150 go for $28.49. On a positive note, I've been running the same one (50/200) for 17 years - so you get some serious life out of them and get your monies worth.Yeah I know but aquaclear is expensive, i think i paid 30 something for it, ...
I've never had any problems like that before. The good thing with hardware is that you usually have more than one option to fit your needs.His works WAY better then my aquaclear did when in the same 5 gal. Garbage just floats by the aquaclear's intake, while his filter is vaccuming it in from accross the other side of the tank.
Yeah, I've been there. A few times when coming home from work I've heard that sloshing/gurgling sound coming from the filter trying to prime itself. Since that has happened a few times, I'm trying to remember to keep the water level high enough so that doesn't happen when I'm away.The pump was running fine with the low water level but when we had a power failure it couldn't suck the water up to get going and it over heated and burnt out.
you need to fill the aquaclear with water before you restart it,
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[...]Make sure you clean the motor out each time you do filter maintenance.[...]
The Aquaclear external or HOB (Hang On Back) filters can all come apart. Turn the pump off, lift the intake pippe up and out of the filter. Pour the water from the filter back into the tank or a clean fish bucket. Put the filter materials in the tank or fish bucket with some tank water. Clean them if you need to, but use tank water for cleaning.Colin, maybe you should detail this for Juice and others. Do the impeller and shaft come out? I can't remember (and the Mini might be different.)
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