Removing juwel filters??

[Paul_MTS]

Will be ordering a Rio 300 probable when i'm at work on friday to get delivered next thrusday along with a Pro 2 thermo external filter.

leaving the juwel filter kind of pointless of leaving in there taking up space.

has any one removed them before? and how?

 

[CFC]

To remove the filter you have to take a long bladed utility knife (the type with the retractable blade with snap off segments) and slide it behind the filter housing to cut the silicon that holds it to the side of the tank. BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO SLIP AND CUT YOUR FINGERS.

Can i ask why you are ordering a juwel tank if you dont intend to ever use the filter? You can buy the same sized tank (minus hood, filter, lights and heater) for £100 or go for a 120 US gallon (4x2x2') for £150. The heater and lights can be purchased for about £60 and a hood can be bi passed completely by just using plastic condensations trays as the cover with the lights just laying on top (this is what i do). I dont know how much you are paying for the juwel but i should imagine its more than the £170 that the 48x18x18" set up would cost and maybe more than £220 for the 48x24x24" set up.

 

[Paul_MTS]

oh yes i know the type!!

i'ved laready looked into that route and because i want a nice looking hoob and cabinet for it will be nmore difficult to sourse the bits and end up costing the same.

as it's going in the middle of my room i want this one to look quite nice, my others are quite scrappy!

 

[appleblossom]

even after removing the filters some of the remaining silicon can be a git to remove, normally you just hide it against the wall but if its going in the middle of the room you will have a lot of work ahead of you to get the glass to come clean

 

[Nauplii]

im guna need to strip out my filter from my reckord 60.... it just dont work properly at all... i tried cleasning it out all the time and everything... any reasons why it would stop working before i kill it lol.

 

[appleblossom]

replace the powerhead inside the filter?? thats the only part that anything could go wrong with really, you should be able to get them from any juwel stockists

 

[Nauplii]

but ive only had it 3 months or so.. give or take... whats the power head part

 

[appleblossom]

if you take the plastic cover off the top, the powerhead is top left, attached to the pipe that sticks out of the hole that the water flows out of. if you detatch the pipe from outsede the box, the powerhead just lifts out.

they do get covered in a lot of yuck, you probably just need to pull it apart and clean all the inside and the blades then give it another try

 

[Nauplii]

i think my dad did that... but ill try it when i get home which will be at about 12:45-1:00pm so... shouldnt be long...
i got a guy comin round too, to see my rtbs!

 

[appleblossom]

hehe ok good luck, (some of the stuff is pretty yuck, and needs scraping off with a screwrdiver or something)

other than that, no ideas, what is the actual problem with the filter?

 

[Nauplii]

well.... when i first got it, it was really powerful and the flow made it all the way to the other end of the tank and the fish could actually swim against it like going upstream...
but now it bearly makes it out of the box its in... my dads tried to clean it out and fix it but it just dont work.

 

[Paul_MTS]

I'm not too bothered about any residue left i'd rather 4 black dots than a big black box!!

I'll have to see what happens.

Although i'm not too bothered it would of been nice if you started a new topic for help on your filter problems.

but take the powerhead apart take the impeller out which will have a magnet attached and give that and the housing a good clean.

 

[Dubby]

In the Rekord 60, if you pull the powerhead (pump) out of the left side, you should be able to pop out the base and pull the impeller (the paddle thingy) out. I use earbuds to clean out the internals. Also the sponges on the right hand side may be clogged. Clean these thoroughly in old tank water.

 

[LadyMinion]

Paul, let me know how you get on with removing your filter. I've been thinking about doing the same but don't want to screw it up (I'll let you try first ).

That said, even if you are using an external filter instead, it's quite handy to have the Juwel filter still running as a backup. And you can never have too much filtration. At least the Juwel filters are compact and neat looking, unlke some internals that take up half the tank and completely spoil the view.

 

[CFC]

The main reason for removing the Juwel internals is because they are infamous for causing high nitrates due to their poor design. A lot of crap gets trapped inside the filter housing and is difficult to clean out because the filter cannot be romoved, the only way to do it is to stick the end of a hose into the filter cavities and syphon the crap out. Anyone who has a Juwel tank and has not done this yet i recomend trying it the next time you do a water change, prepare to be disgusted.