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[Fry]

Fonzy?

heyyyyyyy!

 

[downset21]

nice, thanks, next week i'll get on that then. that seems easy enough.

 

[Jason_S]

Sand is an AquaClear Filter's worst nightmare.

Usually I can fix the problem by 'blasting' the filter and impeller out with the hose, to get any sand particles removed. But eventually, the AC filters seem to get the rattle permenantly, and even stop working in some cases.. A good sponge pre-filter is a good idea with sand and these filters.

agreed...another option though if you want to keep using AC's on a sand bottom tank is to go with multiple less powerful filters. for instance, on my 29 gallon tank I used to have an AC 300 but any time sand got stirred up it went straight into the filter. however, then I switched to an AC200 and AC mini (would rather have 2 AC200's) and I don't have that problem anymore.