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	emperor 400 - spraybar clogging
newmand Fingerling Posts: 45 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Mar-2005	relatively new (less than 6 months old) emperor 400 on 55g freshwater tank - 5 holes on each spraybar - one or more holes gets periodically clogged - use toothpick or paperclip to unclog hole - is the clogging normal - what could be causing this - is there a permanent fix - do others experience the same "problem" - water parameters are fine - thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
LITTLE_FISH *** Little Fish *** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005	Hi there newmand, I am not familiar with your particular filter, but I could see this happen if the filter is letting rather large pieces of “dirt” through. For this, I can imagine 2 reasons: a) your filter is not maintained often enough and/or b) you don’t have the appropriate filter materials. Can you give us more information on these to options? Ingo Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
ericm Fish Addict Posts: 573 Kudos: 448 Votes: 47 Registered: 21-Aug-2004	As Ingo said, you will have to give us a bit more information. Is it a hang on back filter, internal or a canister filter? If it is a HOB filter or internal, does it have cartridges or does it have foam pads... etc. What other media is in your filter and how often do you clean your filer? It could be that you dont clean your filter enough so that is why we need more info.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
newmand Fingerling Posts: 45 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Mar-2005	it is a hang on the back filter with cartridges - I rinse the cartridges after two weeks of use and replace each month - where are you guys from - I'm from Pennsylvania - pretty standard filter for tanks 40 to 65 gallons - thanks for your help -
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Darth Vader Big Fish Posts: 338 Kudos: 334 Votes: 35 Registered: 05-May-2005	newmand in my experience plants that shed their leaves easily like elodia tend to clog spray bars. another factor(more likely) is that alot of garbage is "escaping" the filter mediain which case packing the filter more tightlty could help
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
goldfishgeek Fish Addict Posts: 667 Kudos: 412 Votes: 38 Registered: 27-Oct-2003	My Spray bar gets Algae growing in it which means the holes get clogged and the spray goes every where. deep joy and wet carpet ensues. i just clean the algae out- annoying and will need doing again. take it out and have a good scrub. paper clips are my tool of choice as well. GFG _______________________________________ Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. Harvey S. Firestone
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	A major downside to marineland filters is their lack of media options. Your only option is their 1 cartridge which generally clogs within a week and you can't opt to not use carbon. Many people that do use marineland alter the cartridges by cutting off the blue cover and rubberbanding or tying on their own layers of filter media. For a large tank I would not rely on a marineland filter by itself without modifying the cartridges. Even with using the extra media baskets they are quite lacking in mechanical filtration.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39


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