On Dec 26, 6:59*pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"Randy Webb" wrote in message

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Brevity snips

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. *The problem is the intake slots clog quickly with
plant debris. Or bits of plant debris get pulled through the intake slots
and clog up the impeller. *
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RM....
Zone 6. *Middle TN USA
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Get some Maxi or Mini Jet powerheads............I have them in my
freshwater tanks along with onion plants, and cabomba etc which is bad
about always getting in powerheads or filters, and ity has yet to clog
em up. Maxi Jets are perhaps the best powerheads out there and are the
most efficieint. I like Aqua Clear hob filters, but their power heads
leave a lot to be desired whencompared to Maxi Jets...........Hydor is
also a great power head and pretty well clog free. All come with a
nice big intake strainer also, and the Maxi Jets come with an air
venturi as well..........One thing Maxi Jets and Mini Jets are noted
for and that is they are very efficieint and do not add as much latent
heat to the water as Aqua clears and RIO and some other powerheads
do...............You can get a foam sleeve for them also that fits
over the intake strainer for use if there are baby fish etc in the
tank. They also make a powerhead well not exactly a powerhead but a
current generator, which is like a propeller in a cage about the size
of a typical powerhead, and it uses the flow from ther propeller to
create currents, and its supposed to be clog free due to its
design.........IIRC Hydor makes one as does Maxi Jet who is made by
Aquarium Phamaceuticals IIRC or it may be Seachem.....