Aquaclear 110 Hob Specs / Measurements / Pics / Example Media

I cleaned my Aquaclear 110 today and decided to take some pics and post them for reference.

Some of the pics also include an ATI Filter Max III sponge pre-filter kit. Obviously this is not included with the AC110, but I added pics of it because it's a good option to have.

Many of the pics have a tape measure across parts of the filter. I did this in case people are researching this particular filter, they can have a better reference of its size.

Model: Aquaclear/Fluval 110 (formally Aquaclear 500)

Made by Hagen

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Max Flow: 500gph
Min Flow: 167gph
Watts: 14

AC110 Components w/ Filter Max III

AC110 components w/ ATI Filter Max III

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Media Basket top view:

AC110 media basket top view width

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Media Basket installed:

AC110 interior basket width

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Inside view of reservoir w/ media basket showing the width

Reservoir depth:

AC110 reservoir depth

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Impeller Assembly Internal View:

AC110 inside view

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AC110 inside view looking towards impeller assembly

Impeller Assembly Top View, Intake Tube ring pushed left for max flow:

AC110 top view impeller assembly

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Top view w/ intake tube ring shifted left for max flow

Impeller Assembly Top View, Intake Tube ring pushed right for minimum flow:

AC110 top view impeller assembly

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Top view with intake tube ring shifted right for reduced flow

AC110 media set up for water polishing and biological filtration: AC sponge, Polyfill, poly filter pad cut from bulk roll, 100 micron pad, bags of bio-media.

AC110 media

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AC110 sponge, polyfil, 100 micron pad, poly media pad cut from bulk roll, 1 liter of assorted...

Media loaded in basket, rear view

AC110 rear view of reservoir loaded w/ media

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AC110 back view of reservoir stuffed with media

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Old and New Packaging:

Old AC110 packaging

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New AC110 Fluval packaging

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AC110 cross-section:

AC110 w/ media basket installed- depth

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Media basket installed on reservoir measuring depth

AC110 flowing on back of 75g:

AC110 w/ lid

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AC110 Flow 1

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AC110 Flow

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Great. That has the same volume as the Seachem Tidal 110, about 300 cu. inches each.

With the corrected values I got from Seachem themselves (width was wrong), the AC70 has 134 cu. inches and the Tidal 75 (9 3/8 x 3 x 7) has 197 cu. inches. A 47% increase over the AC70.

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However here is how much media you can fit in a Tidal 55 (110 cu. inches).

 

Great pics of the Tidal 55!

 

Wow, thank you Islandvic and Chichlidude! Question - especially Chichlidude - am I reading that right that the Tidal 110 and AC 110 has the same media space, but Tidal 55 has a good bit more than the AC70? Thanks!

 

Bump!

 

Also, I have a 110, and it is working great, but one thing that didn't seem to work for me was that removable media tray. I tried and tried but could not get it to slide in or out cleanly. No matter how hard, or which way I pushed. So I just chunked it. No big deal - I have my media in bags anyways so I can remove to clean in 2 seconds, even without the tray.

I saw some video reviewing the new Tidal XX or , and one comment was how easy the lid fits on - I LOL'd because sometimes it takes me several seconds (minutes lol) to get my AC110 top to sit cleanly on it! But awesome filter no doubt. Want to try a Tidal now as well!

 

Also if you didn't realize the Tidal series draw water from 3 locations. Bottom, middle and top (skimmer). The lower blue wheel turns on and off the lower intake. Leaving you to better filter the middle and top water of your tank if you want.

 

I’ve been trying to find out if the 110 will fit on the end of a 55 gallon tank. The tank is 12.75” wide, so with top bracket, a little less. In some of the pictures (like top view) its looks over 13”. But then in the picture of the back of the resivour it looks like only a little over 12”.

Can anyone confirm if the AC 110 could fit on the end of an Aqueon 55?