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02-08-2007, 04:56 AM
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The ER modified or upgraded needlewheel they have you pay dearly for, still doesnt do as good a job as these other mesh modded needlewheel. You just need the right stuff.
If you dont, you get what I figured would happen- it will come apart or clog up. There has got to be something to enkamat around here. 
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02-08-2007, 08:13 AM
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I did it to my coralife SS 220 the other day after readling about it on RC. I found the mesh at home depot : gutter guard. Yellow lable / black mesh 6"x50' roll, so I have just a little left over. Works well. I cut four layers of the mesh and zip tied it to a dead impellar assembly I modified from another pump to make fit ( I didnt want to use my needle wheel as a test mule, found it at my LFS.. they had a bunch of dead ones so I just matched the impellar size up with the one I had in my pump) .. removed all the fins but four (to make a cross)and then cut them down with a dremal so they were very thin... enough to support the mesh and hold it steady so I could zip tie the mesh to it. Cut the mesh into a circle to fit back in the pumps volute and leter rip. Looks like more bubbles in the chamber.
I went with the gutter guard on account of it being a thicker material. A few others on RC had problems like christy5 mentioned about her mishap with the pot scrubber. No fun picking bits out  thats for sure.Last edited by RonD; 02-08-2007 at 08:27 AM.
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02-08-2007, 05:23 PM
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Ok so I searched all over the internet and found this. Its a tetra pond filter made of enkamat. Close enough for me, I ordered some as they don't carry it (at the Richmond outlet anyways). They didn't give any dimensions but my needlewheel is pretty small so I would imagine it will fit (hopefully).
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