Have you tried removing the impellar, and cleaning that and the housing? >From memory its a 5 minute job and makes a bit of difference. Its a while since I've stripped downa fluval so I could be wrong, but might be wortha look. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Martina <emartina@uiuc.edu> To: Apisto Group <apisto@listbox.com> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 1:12 AM Subject: Fixing Fluvals... > Hello all, > I bought a Fluval 304 about a year ago and it has lost a lot of it's power. > I have cleaned the hoses and stuff and it still is pretty weak. I replace > the filter media regularly. The next step is to take the motor apart and > clean that. Before I do this I wanted to see if anyone has done this and if > there is anything I should be aware of. Or if there is an easier way to > clean it besides taking it apart. I should have got an Eheim... > > Thanks, > Eric > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Eric Martina > University of Illinois > Electrical Engineering > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > email apisto-request@listbox.com. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com.