I have 60 gallon tank with a male slider my fluval 404 filter just died on me
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We have had great luck with the ApI Filstart xp - m. My 13 year old was able to set it up and manages it. Every couple of months we wash out the filters so far. It's very quiet except for the water return but you can just take the nozzle off and then its super quiet. Our turtle hated the noise kept trying to knock the return off but quit after we took off the nozzle and made it quiet. It probably doesn't aerate as much but it doesn't seem to matter for us. Very clean water
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I used these filters on a 5 gallon tank changing it every month, but the pump only lasted 5 months before it stopped functioning. It was part of a set I got for my classroom using points from Labels for Education. Very disappointing.
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When the carbon filter is full you will need to replace. The LED light will turn red that's the time to change. Depending on usage i think mine lasted about a year.
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I have a 75 gals tank with 2 marineland filters but i just use 1 and my fishes r flying
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Hi, this is Steve at Aqua Products... I suggest checking the following and if that fails call our help line at 1-800-845-4856. Check if the intake or propeller is jammed with debris, if the filter bag is over full. There may also be a small spring issue on the valve flap. If so again please feel free to call our 800 line.
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Which filter do you have? That will help me help you on the size. As for replacing, you really shouldn't have to unless they tear or perhaps your tank gets really sick so you may want to change if to rid remnants of illness. I changed mine due to a rip and really, really yucky water so we could start with a fresh filter situation.
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I've had several fluvals from 305,406, and fx6. The two smaller ones I've had for 5+ years and both still work great my fx6 is built even better then those two and I've had it for 10 months with no problems at all. The 406 was used for two years on a turtle tank worked great.
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Hopefully there is no sand in your filter, that would mean it broke! There should be a screw to anchor it down with on the outside of your filter.
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It should be ok..that filter is up to 40g.... That thing should keep your tank pretty clean. Plus you can adjust the flow so your not creating a whirlpool inside the small tank. IMO I'd upgrade to at least a 20 or 30 gallon... Hope I helped!!
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no answer i have the same problem. the filter takes nothing outwhen back flushing not happy good luck
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Best arrangement for Sliders is to have the bottom two baskets and half the top basket filled with biomedia (any kind of ceramic rings will work well). On top of the bio media in the top basket a bag of carbon and a bag of purigen, and on top of that the blue filter pad. I have used this media stack for about 1.5 years without cleaning, and the water is still perfect. I have 1 adult RES in a 75 gallon tank. See this thread http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t;=30145
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Mine died a year ago. I gave up trying to get it to work with all sorts of simple hacks. I wound up going back to the tank water heater.
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I use no filters on my mixed reef. They catch all the little bugs that are good for the tank and become food for the fish. I would suggest a skimmer with out any other filters. I used a back pack on my 40gal reef when I started and a fluval 301. The fluval would fill up with copepods, baby snails, littletube worms and limpets. I wanted the micro fauna to remain so I stoped using the fluval and just added a overhead for water movement.
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I have a 100 gallon tank with 6 giant cichlids, snails, plants etc... And my Fluval 406 keeps it crystal clear. Best filter ever.
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Get a penguin biowheel filter for like $10 at drfostersmith and your tank will be whisper quiet.
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I broke mine as well and haven't used it since. I will say after I stopped using it my SPS and LPS corals started to grow faster. I now use a protein skimmer and a gfo reactor and my tank is doing better than ever.
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What is the filter reset tank that you are referring to? I recently changed out my tank at home. Thanks