Adsfm_joe 14 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Colu 739 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I have never had it happen but I keep spare parts for all my filters just in case Quote Link to post Share on other sites
starsman20 125 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Add a sponge filter to your tank. That will by you time if you run into main filter issues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adsfm_joe 14 Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 @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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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