Removing Internal Filter

[nath1]

Hello,
i am about to rip out an internal filter and have no idea how to start. Has anybody experienced doing this before and if so please share with me!! It is a jewel corner filter and looks like it is siliconed to the glass but could be wrong.
thanks in advance,
nath1

 

[aaronnorth]

they are siliconed to the glass, i know george farmer removed his, it might be worth to PM him

 

[Ian H]

as far as i know you just use a razor blade?

 

[flash22]

theres 4 blobs of silicon on each side (2 at the top 2 at the bottom) i used a long sharp blade to do mine in my rio 180. a carving knife does the job but be carefull

 

[DarkEntity]

Ive removed the internal filter on my Rio125. Basically i used a craft knife with the extendable blade and sawed at the silicon on all 4 of the blobs, then once nearly through gave the box a yank and it popped off lol

 

[nath1]

Ive removed the internal filter on my Rio125. Basically i used a craft knife with the extendable blade and sawed at the silicon on all 4 of the blobs, then once nearly through gave the box a yank and it popped off lol

THankyou. I will buy one and give it a go!!
nath1

 

[WILDER]

I've removed two of mine just using a wall paper scraper It soon came away, did the job fast.

 

[george4]

HI, yes they are siliconed to glass i removed mine from my trigon 190 . used a scraper and a bit of force to remove it. came out pretty easily and in one peice and then used razor blade to clean left over silicone off glass

good luck

 

[djceri_g]

ive got a trigon and i fancy removing mine. Think it would look better without

 

[SJ2K]

Really easy to take out, although me and my partner almost wet ourselfs several times due to fear of cutting the silicone holding the tank together

 

[nath1]

thanks for all your advise. Last night i cut out my internal filter with no problems and have set up both my tetra tec externals(700 & 1200). the water is crystal clear and the filters are silent.
once again, thankyou!
nath1