Pleco1415
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*************I have noticed the aquaclear is more quiet without the lid does anyone one else notice that?
My fluval c3 is dead silent... With and without the lid on. I cannot tell that it is running except for the water flowing out of it hitting the water in the tank*************
Yes. I have to leave the lid off ..... some people tape it down ...... which you may want to do when guests come over
I have the same problem with my FluvalC3.
As for the impeller, my aquaclear50 came out of the box silent. On the other hand, my FluvalC3 made a horrible rattling noise for the first three weeks but it went away by itself and is now completely silent.
I would think these top of the line filters - both made by Hagen - would not suffer from such ridiculous flaws.
Here is my thread when I had the problem:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forum...alc3-are-enough-best-quiet-filter-276431.html
The advice I got was correct. It will go away .... just be patient !!!!!!!
I have noticed the aquaclear is more quiet without the lid does anyone one else notice that?
Can someone tell me if there is any special way to make the motor on these silent
I second replacing the impeller. My aquaclear got noisy when the impeller broke a blade. I have a Whisper 40 that was noisy from the first time I turned it on. I finally just replaced the impeller and now it is quiet. Replacing the impeller is the cheapest way to go.
I have an aquaclear 20 that I am currently not using. Are the impellers interchangeable because if they are I don't even have to buy an impeller I can just take the impeller from the one I am not using. Thanks for your help I saw some other things on that website that were interesting.
**********I'll try it out I think they are the same but not 100% sure.
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If you look at the instructions which also contain a parts sheet, you will find they all share the same motor from AquaClear 20 to 70. However, the part numbers for the impellers are all different. What happens if you put the 20 impeller in a 50 is that it will work but you will get the flow rate of 100 gph instead of 200 gph.