Sponge filter screwup

[TJB5280]

Not sure how I did it but I misplaced the uplift tube of one of my Aquarium Co-op sponge filters. Anyone know how I can get a replacement? 

[KoolFish97]

It is nearly the same cost to just buy another filter and use that tube and have the other as a backup. 

But really they will always work without the uplift tube just not create as high a flow. So don't panic to much. 

[Streetwise]

I know how this would work out for me. I would buy a new sponge filter, and then immediately find the missing uplift tube.

[DaveSamsell]

18 hours ago, TJB5280 said:

Not sure how I did it but I misplaced the uplift tube of one of my Aquarium Co-op sponge filters. Anyone know how I can get a replacement? 

If you have a local plumbing/hardware store, maybe take the filter there.  They might be able to "size up" a small piece of PVC to make it work, if you don't mind possibly a different color, etc.  Good luck..

[Dandy Pearl]

@TJB5280 maybe try your local hardware or home improvement store. If pvc pipe won't fit, try some pvc tubing. The clear stuff. A short length of that might be flexible enough to fit over the top and stiff enough to act as the top tube.

as @KoolFish97 mentioned, it will still work without the tube. The tube acts as a 'duct' to help increase the flow.

Good luck with coming up with a solution.

[Andy's Fish Den]

A lot of my sponge filters I don't even use the tube. I kept having plecos getting in them, so I just took them off, and others I have done like you and lost an occasional one.