Re: RM...........here are some links to some good sites that have

Reel McKoi said the following on 12/26/2007 7:59 PM:
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> "Randy Webb" <HikksNotAtHome@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> The biggest problem I had was fooling with them to get the situated to 
>> get the flow pattern that I wanted.
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> Mine will stay in place. 

It wasn't so much getting them to stay still that I had the problem 
with. With it "locked" into the rock, I couldn't lean it to get a more 
upward flow that I wanted and the directional attachment didn't quite 
give me the direction I wanted.

> The problem is the intake slots clog quickly with plant debris. 

When I do water changes, I simply pick the rock up, pull the filter out 
the bottom, rinse it off in a bucket, and put it back. So far, I get 
very little debris on it and what I do get easily rinses off.

> Or bits of plant debris get pulled through the intake 
> slots and clog up the impeller.  :(

That is why I put the filter in the rock. I couldn't attach it to the 
power head because of the way they were made. So, I used the rock to 
hold the filter and power-head so that the power-head can only pull 
water through the filter. The filter keeps the power-head from becoming 
clogged.

The two "rocks" that I have (they aren't actually true rocks) look like 
someone pulled a post out of the ground that was concreted in. Then took 
the concrete and cut it into 4 inch sections so that they have square 
holes in the middle. I cut filters to fit into that hole and then have 
it pull through the filter. In the end, about all the rocks do is give 
me a stable place to hold the filter and power head where they are 
stable with one another.


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Randy
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