Adsfm_joe Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 What's up everyone. Yesterday afternoon the ceramic rod (spindle) for the impeller on my cannister filter broke! In 2 places! Has anyone dealt with this issue on their filters? I scrambled to try to find a replacement impeller locally with no avail. Amazon is the quickest resolution unfortunately. I did end up doing some backyard engineering to keep me going until tomorrow. So far my makeshift spindle is functioning well. I lost one Black Phantom Tetra during the down time on the filter as this was also the very first day running co2 in the tank (unlucky). - Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I have never had it happen but I keep spare parts for all my filters just in case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsman20 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Add a sponge filter to your tank. That will by you time if you run into main filter issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsfm_joe Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 @starsman20 I am definitely buying one after this happened. It's crazy to me how fragile the ceramic spindle is. I'm curious if different brands use something other than ceramic. I also wonder if this is by design. LIke a shear pin of sorts if something were to get stuck in the impeller. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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