need some suggestion

[sandy]

Hi All,

recently my eheim 2215 stop working some motor issues so i brought eheim 2217 with bio media inside it

my question after how many day i should clean this filter i feed BHM 3 times a day in my preious eheim i got all blue sponge so i use to clean in 1 months

can some one help me:confused:

[Skip]

do you have prefilter?

[sandy]

for now i have just add my old blue sponge from old filter but wanted to use bio media

[sandy]

no one there to suggest:(

[Wes]

my question after how many day i should clean this filter i feed BHM 3 times a day:


http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n622/xeriod/DuPage-20121021-00112.jpg



In the picture at the top left. I use a sponge from an aquaclear filter on the intake. just punch a hole in it and slip over the intake. Clean this prefilter with every water change and clean the internal filters as you did before.

[sandy]

thanks for replying and ya i got Ehfisubstrat Pro - 1 L with my eheim 2217 my question is as i am feeding BHM to my discus so my 2217 will suck some small bhm so will it be right to clean the filter after a month as previous in my 2215 i had all blue sponge which i use to clean in month. so now i have this bio media, will it make any difference.

[Wes]

If you put a sponge on the intake tube to your filter the small bits will not get inside your filter.
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?27064-Prefilter-Sponge/page15 thread #217 shows a premade for Eheim

[sandy]

Will it choke the filter

[Wes]

No, it slows the flow a little. I clean it with every water change. I use the sponge that comes in aquaclear 70 and use a pair of scissors to poke a hole half way through and wide enough to slip over the intake. Easy to pull off and clean and the fish help by picking food off of it also.:)

[Trier20]

If you have a sponge filter you can do something like this
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It's a sponge filter I attached to my canister filter. They can also be hooked up to most filters with round intakes of similar size to the tube one the sponge.

[Elliots]

You might try cleaning the sponges daily instead of with every water change.

[sandy]

ok will definitely give a try

[sandy]

but the intaken pipe of 2217 is stick to glass wall of the tank and I have hydro sponge its really big

I think it won't fit

[Wes]

Try these if you can.

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n622/xeriod/A02F_1_20101230_a5e7f03f-4ead-4cbe-b58b-53fdbb3d18ad200248.jpg

[sandy]

I don't think will get this in here

[Wes]

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n622/xeriod/Filter-Max-Pre-Filters-1024x480.jpg

This has an elbow that moves filter away from glass.

[sandy]

ok I have to make a diy elbow I think will find this in the hardware shops

and r u guy's sure it will not blow my filter motor sorry to asks this question as its my new filter and have paid a lot for it

[Wes]

I have been running a prefilter on a hot magnum and a bunch of aquaclears with no problem for years. Just keep it clean.

[sandy]

thanks guy's will try it once I reach home

[sandy]

I tried its working I think so:D

But color combination don't suite :(

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[Wes]

It looks great. Just remember the important color combo will be, the color of your big beautiful discus.:fish:

[Trier20]

It looks great. Just remember the important color combo will be, the color of your big beautiful discus.:fish:

+1

[sandy]

Ya ur right :p
Thanks again guy's for helping me

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