Alright I have 2 tanks with aquatech 30-60 and both of them make stupid amounts of noise. I can't take it any more so I'm going to buy new filters. I already cut the filters short to he'll but it doesn't. I cleaned them put 3 times today and there still anoyying as hell. It may be that the filters in general suck. Anyway. What is everyone's opinions on this. I'd like a canister but I know how they work just not in the tank. And I don't know if its okay with sand.
filtering with sand.
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Do you mean? do they work with a sand substrate?
Or do you mean ? do they work with sand inside?
if the first, you can have a sand substrate, but keep the intake far enough above the substrate that sand does not get sucked into the canister and ruin the impeller.
If the 2nd option, sand again would ruin the canister.
Or do you mean ? do they work with sand inside?
if the first, you can have a sand substrate, but keep the intake far enough above the substrate that sand does not get sucked into the canister and ruin the impeller.
If the 2nd option, sand again would ruin the canister.
I don't think sand has anything to do with it. I think there just peices of **** there from Walmart. I got 2 405s for 30$
I have sand in 3 tanks with HOB filters. When they get loud, just clean the motors with a Q-tip and you should be good to go
I have two different canisters on my 125. An FX5 and an Aquatop cf500uv. I notice just the tiniest amount of sand in them when I clean them. The type of sand matters though. I use pool filter sand from Home Depot and it's just about the perfect size to look good and not cloud. If you were to use playground or sand box sand from them, I've heard that it can cloud a lot ad get in to the filters easier.
See my thread for an idea of what the sand looks like:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?481752-Yellow-(Iron-)-well-water-(5-Viewing)
See my thread for an idea of what the sand looks like:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?481752-Yellow-(Iron-)-well-water-(5-Viewing)
I use play sand it doesn't cloud my tank tho. Maybe when I move the tank to mu room ill switch to pool ssand