I'm leaning towards the Rena Smartfilter. Its for a 20g high tank. Both have pothos. 1 is planted community, the other breeding convicts. I have sand in my tanks, every single ac I have had with cichlids and sand, with the intake as short as possible the impellor goes bad within days. I have prefilter sponges on all filters. So that doesn't help. I usually just end up throwing the AC's out because the impellors suck. What do you think I should get?
Hob filter - AC70 Or Rena 55 SF?
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What type of sand do you use I never had an issue with my ac70's sucking up sand.
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Many different kinds. Tahitian moon sand, flourite, playsand. It really didn't matter. I have the same problem with every single marineland emperor filter I buy. Not just the aquaclear.
I have always suspected the problem to have to do with the duckweed in my tank but I can't say for sure.
AC70, the aquaclear filters are built like a tank. I've had mine for 8 years and it still works great.
Marina s20 filters are also pretty good, mine is super quiet.
Marina s20 filters are also pretty good, mine is super quiet.
I've been using AC's for many, many years, and some of them are over 10 years old. NEVER an issue. Do you stir up the sand a lot or something?
I love the marina s20. But its not rated high enough. I already have an aqueon 20g rated filter. That's not even an upgrade.
AC 70, next best thing to a canister... ive called them the poor mans canister 
, not trying to say that you're poor or anything... I use them too, lol
, not trying to say that you're poor or anything... I use them too, lolI only use pool filter sand I suspect the others you listed are not as heavy and get kicked up.
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