What filter is best?

Got the filter today Illusn. Do you have any tips on how to set it up? Like how to cut the hoses etc? Im going to use a couple of onion bags to seperate the media and fill it up later on this arvo. Is it absolutely essential for all the filter to be under the water level?

Thanks again.

Lucas.

Just set it up as per the diagram on the box, efhi mech on the bottom, then the blue pad, then the substrate then the white pad, i'd leave the carbon pad out.

cut the hoses with a good pair of scissors (the wife's dress making scissors work well), cut the ends square, i like to set ip up with the taps as close to the filter body as possible (makes re filling after a clean much easier), but it isn't vital. a few times when i've had some hose a bit too short i've used the taps to join them together, midlength and it all works ok.

the filter works better below the tank, or atleast below the water line, the filter is gravity fed for the intake, and the pump works beter if it just has to push water up hill (rather then push water out and pull water in).

Well I wish I was told that by somebody while I was considering the purchase. There really isn't any other option now, I have a designated spot so I will have to stick with it, its only ten cm or so above the water line but the rest is under it.

With the hoses and taps, does it matter which tap out of the two provided I use for either end? Also, how far away from the filter should I cut the hose and attach the tap for either end? Another question how do I use the little bits and pieces for the spray bar, like the right angled bend etc?

Thanks Illusn.

Lucas.

The classics will work fine at or slightly above water level, you'll just have to suck on the hose to get the water flowing through when you start up, discus water is better then tap water in any country, so it wont do you any harm if you swallow some.

I set up the taps so as the female end is on the tank side and the male end is on the filter side, this just makes priming easier (easier to suck on the male end of the tap then the female). I leave about an inch or 2 of hose between the filter and the tap, again just makes cleaning easier.

if your filter is above the water line, you wont need the angle bends, i only use them when the hose needs to make a 90 degree turn (around cabinets etc) to use the spray bar. just stick thge plug in 1 end and the other on the outlet hose from the filter.

When I was running a 2217 on my central american tank, I found the eheim prefilter invaluable. It kept a lot of the big bits of waste and food that they would always stir up from getting into the canister and made it much easier to keep a good flow going. Just pull the filter element from the prefilter every couple of days and give it a good wash. Well worth the price to keep from having to do a tear down every other week cause the filter was all backed up.

good luck
scott

All set up fellas. I have filled the filter with water using the sucking method and plugged it into the wall. I read in the instructions that for a while it will make a bit of a noise while it is emptying the filter of air. How long does this take, or how long will it tank in my situation? It's been a half an hour now.

Thanks.

Lucas.

if its half a hour its gone way too long and its got air stuck inside.

Ok, could it be the propeller, or anything like that, that needs adjusting?

And how can I get the air out, do I have to empty the filter?

Lucas.

shake the filter a bit

and dont adjust the propeller ór it may just fly away :P :lol: :lol: :lol: LOL