Rena XP3....

FishNthings

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Have had 2 of these keeping my 125gal crystal clear for over a year now, when i first set them up they had air in them and i was told to shake them a little to get the air out, and it worked. Just this past weekend however, one of the 2 seems to be getting more air inside so i shook it the same way and first off, it clouded up my tank immediately, i'm assuming b/c the air bubbles in the filter mixed w/ some of the filtered garbage...and shot back into the tank? But the main problem is shaking it isnt helping anymore. Any other ideas or suggestions on what could be wrong?

UPDATE: in the time it took me to type that paragraph, it managed to fix itself b/c i heard the air bubbles shooting into my tank, and then w/in seconds got air again...whats going on? Are the seals bad already?
 
I had that filter awhile back and had same problem. exchanged one and no better. then I bought the new fluval fx5 and no bubble problems at all.

If I had not gone to a sump I never would have parted with the fluval.
 
I cleaned it out maybe a month ago....as for the problem, i took the top off last night and flipped the seal inside out, no problems yet, we'll see how long this lasts though. Thanks for the replies!
 
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