jinx Posted November 14, 2002 Report Share Posted November 14, 2002 when removing the plastic tubes for cleaning accidently broke the thing that holds the bottom of the tube to the tray,dont really want to empty it all and change the tray, this happened about 9 months ago, the tube at the moment is held down through a rock, no probs in the tank though everything fine, shall i just leave it??? many thanks martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted November 14, 2002 Report Share Posted November 14, 2002 Hi Martin The same thing happened to me, about the same time. As everything is still flowing ok I have left it. When it comes to the time of stripping that tank down and setting it up again I will then rectify it by replacing the grid. Until then I figure, why fix something that is working ok. My fish agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 14, 2002 Report Share Posted November 14, 2002 I agree. If it happened 9 months ago and is still working then don't worry about it. Those tubes are easy to break from the bottom bracket. I have managed, in the past, to move just enough gravel out of the way to replace the broken bit but it was fiddly and only works if your UG is not hard up against the side of the tank as you have to be able to slide the replacement in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted November 29, 2002 Report Share Posted November 29, 2002 Hi there I've got a Hagen u/g filter. All I have to do is, move the gravel and slide the bracket toward the center. Easy. But it is possible on some makes you have to move it toward the rear. Awkward and inconvinient. In order to change it you really have to strip the lot down. Almost not worth it. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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