kiwipete Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Is anyone using a steriliser like this one? http://www.aa-aquarium.com/showroom4.php?id=156&level=1 I have issues with mine clogging up between water changes. My main filter seems fine but the UV light section on this steriliser seems to be blocking up with algae or something. I clean it by shaking it in water, assemble the unit and about 3 days later the flow rate crawls to a dribble. Its pump section runs fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarium Dude Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Ive got the bigger version and have never had problems, you are using the sponge right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwipete Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Ive got the bigger version and have never had problems, you are using the sponge right? There is a wrong way to use the sponge? It fits only one way that I can see. When I cleaned it out it was chock full of a brown algae sludge. I shook it around in a bucket of water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarium Dude Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 I shoud have put a comma before the "right" :lol: Try a larger sponge cut so that there is a section to the size of the hole but the rest is very big so that there is more surface area touching the water in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwipete Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 I will try that thanks. I just dont see why or how it becomes clogged so quickly inside the unit tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggyvir Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 I just got one of these from a second hand tank and i throw the old sponge away... do I need to buy another sponge or can I just use my filter sponge? Also, may I ask where did you get your unit?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwipete Posted October 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Bubble N Squeak here in Chch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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