Is AC110 Sufficient?

[Kindredspirit]

Hey Guys ~ I want to make more room in my 55gal since I am a bit overstocked.....I have an AC110 on there and two large Hydro Sponges as well....

Can I take out the Hydro Sponges?.....would things cloudy up?....cloudy water and I do not mix well


Thoughts Please?


Thanks!

[poconogal]

I think you can take out the hydro sponges. The 100 is a powerful filter and rated for a 110 gal. tank, double what your tank is. The flow rate for the 110 with media I think is 450 gph, so you are turning over the water in a 55 gal. tank at the rate of a 8 times per hour. I used my AC 500 (now the 110) on my 45 gal. tank well, always, and had crystal clear water, always, and never a problem with the bio filter, either.

Edit: Actually, Marie, if you remove them, I'd take one out at a time, wait maybe a month between removal to allow the AC media to catch up. Some people like Tina do have trouble with ACs restarting, I never did, but mine is from another era! 16 years old now. If yours have no trouble restarting then I don't think you have anything to worry about.

[tpl*co]

I'd leave maybe one sponge in. You probably have a lot of your biological filtration going on through the sponges (and I've found they do a lot to clean up tanks). Also, in case of outages, I've found I've had trouble with AC repriming and starting back up at times.

Tina

[AmberC]

[Joander123]

I'd leave maybe one sponge in. You probably have a lot of your biological filtration going on through the sponges (and I've found they do a lot to clean up tanks). Also, in case of outages, I've found I've had trouble with AC repriming and starting back up at times.

Tina

heh and i thought it was just me 8). IME the best way to solve this problem is basically stick a long slender object (like a pencil or pen) down the impeller shaft and hit the impeller/propeller whatever it may be called or maybe even push it a little, and it starts back up.... i think it may just be some grudge collecting on it making it harder to start up.

[Kindredspirit]

heh and i thought it was just me 8). IME the best way to solve this problem is basically stick a long slender object (like a pencil or pen) down the impeller shaft and hit the impeller/propeller whatever it may be called or maybe even push it a little, and it starts back up.... i think it may just be some grudge collecting on it making it harder to start up.

Yup! This works wonders! A old friend who use to be here taught me that one

[Oilers]

i just use my pinky

[tpl*co]

Yep, me too, but that doesn't help if the power goes on and off when you're not there, and you come home to a screaming aquaclear.

The trouble I've had with mine is that they empty of water, then don't prime (fill back up) when the power comes back on, so they run dry . I've had more problems with the smaller aquaclears.

Tina