Pleco1415
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I would like some help on finding a good supplementary filter for my aquarium.
I already have an old tetra whisper power filter 30 running along side my ehiem canister. I find the canister filter is not powerful enough though I do regular maintenance on it. I would like to replace my tetra whisper power filter 30 for something more modern and quiet.
How much flow do you want in the tank? I'm assuming your canister is the 2213? You can add any small HOB. Aquaclear 50 would be a good choice. Aim the canister's spraybar along the surface. Along with the AC you'll be fine. Another alternative is to just add a powerhead, and run that along the surface of the tank to increase current and surface agitation.
You could just fill the HOB with filter floss. It will give you crystal clear water and the extra flow you want....I just went out to my aquarium store and bought the aquaclear 30. I did not use the biological material that came with it because my canister filter already has a lot in it so I just stuck another sponge in the aquaclear.
You could just fill the HOB with filter floss. It will give you crystal clear water and the extra flow you want....
The filter is crap. The motor is making a loud grinding noise and it is over flowing. I was very surprised because I've had aquaclears on my other tanks in the past. I will bring it back because I have a warranty on it and I will probably get the 50 or buy a tetra filter. I tried fixing the motor by putting some Vaseline in the impeller but it still makes the grinding sound.
Aquaclears overflow when the media is too tall or too dense in the basket. What did you put in there? Did you try turning the flow-rate on the filter down?
Once in a while you get a really loud aquaclear, or a little piece of the impeller's magnetic base snaps off and grinds against the impeller causing more damage and lots of noise.
Don't go with another brand, stick with Aquaclear, just hope you get a quieter one.
That's a pretty good idea. I see people have the same problem as I do with the filter. It looks like you have a 29 gallon am I correct. I think i might look into a tetra whisper internal filter or a different aquaclear hob filter. I'm not sure what I want so this might take along time but I'm leaning towards the aquaclear.
Close. It is actually a 20 gallon long (same footprint as the 29g). There are posts about a filter baffle that can easily assembled from a plastic water bottle. It reduces the force of the filter's output for current sensitive species. It may reduce noise as well.
I know the older aquaclear hob filters have a deeper outflow because I own an aquaclear mini which is now called the aquaclear 20 and it has a deeper outflow than the 20. Btw what country do you live in because I think it's crazy that someone is chatting with me at 2:30 am but maybe you live in a different time zone.
I know the older aquaclear hob filters have a deeper outflow because I own an aquaclear mini which is now called the aquaclear 20 and it has a deeper outflow than the 20. Btw what country do you live in because I think it's crazy that someone is chatting with me at 2:30 am but maybe you live in a different time zone.
I could not stand the splashing so I had to improvise. I have used the same "adapter" with other HOB filters: Tetra Whisper, Emperor 280, Penguin 200.
Located in the USA. Was up because of an adventure with a DIY CO2 bubble counter. I was adding the CO2 directly to the HOB intake and then added a ceramic diffuser. The DYI glass bubble counter cracked with the increased pressure so I replaced it with a DIY plastic bottle bubble counter until I could get a real one. Well, the plastic one had swollen to the point where I thought it would explode, so I had to remove the diffuser and slowly depressurize it. This all tool place between midnight and 5 AM EST.
The addition of CO2 helped tremendously with plant growth. DIY is pretty simple despite my recent calamity.
One way valves are a must with any type of tubing (air pump, CO2) used in the aquarium. They will reduce the chances of reverse siphoning.
I owned a few Whisper HOBs since the 80s. Nice, quiet, and reliable. Now if the water flowed through it vertically rather than horizontally (meaning, if it stacked media like the Fluval series and did not use the cartridges) then it would be a winner for me.