Waterbox 20 almost overflowing

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Yup I have the same thing happening in my wb25. It only happens of the filter floss is pretty dirty. I wonder if you don’t cut the floss to the perfect size of the intank basket but a little smaller it might allow more water to pass through when dirty. Just a thought not sure if it will work though
 

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I have some vermetid and Sponges in my sump between my intank and wall and sometimes I have to pick up my intank out of the sump and let it drop back in allowing the weight of it to carve a patch back down through any congestion.
 

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The simplest resolution for me was changing my floss more often. I have honestly started to use the water level as a gauge to how often to change it. About every 4 to 5 days for me.
 
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I’m having the same issue using filter floss in chamber 1 with the mini peninsula. I do not have the intank basket (I have the kraken cup). What is the solution? Should I use the sponges if I can’t run floss? Or is there a way to run floss and not have this issue?

chamber 1 only has floss,
chamber 2 has bio and carbon in bags on the bottom (no basket), heater
Chamber 3 return and ATO sensor
I am pretty sure it's just the floss, maybe it's weaved too tight sometimes. It usually seems to help if I switch out the square I had in there. I haven't had this happen in a while now.
 

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If nothing else has changed and it has been working fine. Check for build up in the baffle between chamber one and two and two and three. There is a good chance you have build up in there that may be restricting the flow.
 

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It’s a new setup and the floss was in there 1 day. I’m considering just saying forget it and not run floss.
 

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