Aquaclear 110 making loud noises

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moneyman6891

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I have a 55 gallon with an Aquaclear 110 and a biowheel filter. The Aquaclear 110 makes a really loud grinding noise and doesnt spin. I took out the impeller, it looks clean and theres no scratches. What could be wrong with it? I had this happen on a penguin biowheel filter. Could it be the play sand im using?
 
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moneyman6891

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Jan 29, 2008
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I took off the motor assembly and cleaned it. It is still loud.
 
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ronin_man

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i had the same problem with mine in my ray tank, i switched from fine sand to slightly bigger stuff (not gravel) just bigger grain sand, and it stopped in a few hours.
mine must have just worked itself out but try running the filter in a bucket of clean water for a bit, i found that if i tap the motor a bit it seems to dislodge some of the sand that has been stuck in there.
if that all does not work you might be in need of a new impeller.
 
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tankboy_taylor

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put a sponge over the intake to solve that problem I use aquaclear sponges.

I have a brand new one with no sponge making the grinding noise and one ive had for year with a sponge that never makes that noise
 
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