Originally Posted by
freeweights
I would like any info on this model wet-dry cannister filter.It's a Marineland c-220.ABQ 29780. Is, or has anyone owned or used this model for a small 47 gal. reef tank???
.If so what do you think of it?
Funny you ask this, I just got mine in the mail today and spent the last few hours hooking it up.
A somewhat complicated deviation from the HOB filters ive been used to for years... there is some plumbing to hook up and get going. Also it can result in a disaster if your not careful. For example... if you turn off the filter, and just take the top off, the vacuum will continuously suck water through the intake onto the ground.
You have to first place the module in a plastic tub, then take the intake out of the water, and THEN take the motorhead off. And it still blasts a cup or two of water. Long story short, this thing is just something you want to get going, and then not touch for a week or two.
tomorrow when my MH lights turn on, ill know if that water polishing pad does the trick.... TONS of little particles in the water, main reason i got this.