Isabella
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I don't know where to start ... Maybe from the fact that my socks and pants are completely wet, as is most of the floor in my room. So much for the "great" Rena Filstar XP3 canister filter. I know many of you like it (especially Gunnie) and I respect that, but I now officially hate this filter. I think I will be ordering 2 Aqua Clears, PERIOD.
I wanted to rinse the sponges from the XP3 today, for the first time since the filter was turned on (2 weeks ago). And I also wanted to put an established piece of sponge in the XP3 filter (from my other filter) to speed up the cycle in the 75 gallon tank. So, I turned off the filter, opened the cover, took out the baskets, rinsed the sponges, put the established sponge in there, and I closed the cover. As I am closing it, water starts running from all the sides of the filter! I wonder what the **** is going on, so I open the cover again. And this time, loads of water started pouring on me, on all of the inside of my stand, and then everything on my floor. My socks and pants are completely wet. I think there must have been about 10 gallons of water on my floor. I already cleaned it up with as many towels as I could get.
What happened? Why did this happen? What kind of filter the **** is that? I am so mad right now. I had so much water in my room I started crying. All that was inside the stand is completely wet. How am I supposed to clean this filter when it spills gallons of water once I open it? It's ****, really.
I've been told by everyone how great and "quiet" this filter is. Well, I don't know who - in their right mind - considers constant humming that you can hear at the end of your room ... "quiet". How is that quiet? When I am standing next to my Aqua Clear, I hardly hear anything there. And with the XP3, I can hear it at the other end of my room. It's really hard to fall asleep every night because of that constant noise from the filter. Why is it so loud? It's not clogged up, it's a new filter with a clean new motor. I've had enough of that! Of all of that!
I'm sorry for being so angry, and I apologize for the negative tone in which this entire post was written. But it's 12 am and my entire stand is wet, as is most of my floor.
Would 2 Aqua Clears 110 be better (total 1,000 gph), or would 1 Aqua Clear 110 + 1 Aqua Clear 70 be OK (total 800 gph)? My tank is 75 gallons.
P.S. I actually believe it is MUCH easier to clean the Aqua Clear than to clean the XP3. With the XP3, you need to get under your stand, open the cover (somehow, so that the water doesn't pour on your entire floor), and take the baskets out one by one. It's pretty hard to get in there too as it's standing inside the stand. You can't really take the filter out. And with the Aqua Clear ... all you have to do it just take the media out and rinse them, and you're done. So easy. So quiet. No more comments ...
Oh, actually, wanna hear a story of how "friendly" Rena Filstar's staff is? In the filter's booklet it says some chemical in the filter causes cancer, but it doesn't say what chemical and where in the filter it is found. So I called them to inquire about it. The response was to search the web about "Proposition 65". The guy on the phone was NASTY. He cut me short before I got the chance to finish my FIRST SENTENCE. The conversation lasted about 10 seconds. He didn't answer my question at all. He evaded my question. So I searched the web and found some info about the Proposition, but NOTHING about what chemical it is and where it is in the filter. So rude, so irresponsible, how can they? I am disgusted with them.
I wanted to rinse the sponges from the XP3 today, for the first time since the filter was turned on (2 weeks ago). And I also wanted to put an established piece of sponge in the XP3 filter (from my other filter) to speed up the cycle in the 75 gallon tank. So, I turned off the filter, opened the cover, took out the baskets, rinsed the sponges, put the established sponge in there, and I closed the cover. As I am closing it, water starts running from all the sides of the filter! I wonder what the **** is going on, so I open the cover again. And this time, loads of water started pouring on me, on all of the inside of my stand, and then everything on my floor. My socks and pants are completely wet. I think there must have been about 10 gallons of water on my floor. I already cleaned it up with as many towels as I could get.
What happened? Why did this happen? What kind of filter the **** is that? I am so mad right now. I had so much water in my room I started crying. All that was inside the stand is completely wet. How am I supposed to clean this filter when it spills gallons of water once I open it? It's ****, really.
I've been told by everyone how great and "quiet" this filter is. Well, I don't know who - in their right mind - considers constant humming that you can hear at the end of your room ... "quiet". How is that quiet? When I am standing next to my Aqua Clear, I hardly hear anything there. And with the XP3, I can hear it at the other end of my room. It's really hard to fall asleep every night because of that constant noise from the filter. Why is it so loud? It's not clogged up, it's a new filter with a clean new motor. I've had enough of that! Of all of that!
I'm sorry for being so angry, and I apologize for the negative tone in which this entire post was written. But it's 12 am and my entire stand is wet, as is most of my floor.
Would 2 Aqua Clears 110 be better (total 1,000 gph), or would 1 Aqua Clear 110 + 1 Aqua Clear 70 be OK (total 800 gph)? My tank is 75 gallons.
P.S. I actually believe it is MUCH easier to clean the Aqua Clear than to clean the XP3. With the XP3, you need to get under your stand, open the cover (somehow, so that the water doesn't pour on your entire floor), and take the baskets out one by one. It's pretty hard to get in there too as it's standing inside the stand. You can't really take the filter out. And with the Aqua Clear ... all you have to do it just take the media out and rinse them, and you're done. So easy. So quiet. No more comments ...
Oh, actually, wanna hear a story of how "friendly" Rena Filstar's staff is? In the filter's booklet it says some chemical in the filter causes cancer, but it doesn't say what chemical and where in the filter it is found. So I called them to inquire about it. The response was to search the web about "Proposition 65". The guy on the phone was NASTY. He cut me short before I got the chance to finish my FIRST SENTENCE. The conversation lasted about 10 seconds. He didn't answer my question at all. He evaded my question. So I searched the web and found some info about the Proposition, but NOTHING about what chemical it is and where it is in the filter. So rude, so irresponsible, how can they? I am disgusted with them.