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Aquatop leaking, can it be too much filter floss?

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Hey guys I found my aquatop 500 canister filter leaking last night and immediately unplugged it and left it in our extra shower.

I haven't broken anything on the filter and everything is in good shape.

I used regular filter floss in every level. Could that possibly be the issue? I would like to skip having to buy a new filter if that's the only issue. I thought adding it to every tray would help Polish the water.

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Do you know what part it is leaking from? That's the first part to fixing it

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Not a clue. I just noticed when I moved it just a hair to get it out from under my stand, water came out of the sides everywhere like it was over full

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Upon taking it apart I've found there are a million snails and eggs all throughout the canister

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Aparker2005 said:
Upon taking it apart I've found there are a million snails and eggs all throughout the canister

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If its still in working order I would add a prefilter to the intake before resuming service. Also without flow for that length of time I would expect your tank to start cycling again as most of the bacteria in the filter have probably died off so keep an eye out for that.


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Well I have a fluval fx6 running on the other side also. I think I'm gonna put the filter in a 5 gallon bucket and run it to see what happens.

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I'm gonna say it's toast. There's water all in the uv bulb

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I'm gonna say it's toast. There's water all in the uv bulb

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That really sucks... sorry for your loss
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