excuzzzeme
10-10-2008, 6:30 PM
I noticed that the water was down to a trickle in the "old" Emperor and since they had been on sale I bought one from Foster and Smith. I much prefer the AC110 but just didn't have the $$$ for it and felt a new filter was a must. I had transferred the media baskets and filters over from the old one and knew that wasn't the problem for the lack of performance. I took the old one down after I had the new one up and I about gagged!
I could not believe how much crud was in that thing! It took me an hour to get it cleaned up and surprise, surprise, surprise it worked like new. No wonder the tank never looked or smelled clean! The poor filter just couldn't do it's job due to being too dirty. I have never had any HOB filter have that much crud in it, ever! If the media cavity had that much dirt in it I can only surmise that they do a good job (normally).
For those with the 400 do you ever take yours completely down and clean it? Do they do a good job?
P.S. it came with the tank so no I never looked at it.
I could not believe how much crud was in that thing! It took me an hour to get it cleaned up and surprise, surprise, surprise it worked like new. No wonder the tank never looked or smelled clean! The poor filter just couldn't do it's job due to being too dirty. I have never had any HOB filter have that much crud in it, ever! If the media cavity had that much dirt in it I can only surmise that they do a good job (normally).
For those with the 400 do you ever take yours completely down and clean it? Do they do a good job?
P.S. it came with the tank so no I never looked at it.