Hi!
I have always read everywhere how there cannot be too much filtration on a tank...And so when I was presented with an option of buying a Eheim classic 150 or 250 (250 =2213) at almost the same price (5 euro difference), I opted for the bigger one.
Now I have a problem. I have just tried to set it up today and the parts are too big...
The intake pipe is longer than the height of the tank ( which is 30 cm) and the spray bar is longer than the shorter side ( 30 cm) of the tank also.
I have tried to improvise a little and put an intake thingy (the plastic basket) on a piece that is supposed to be used for corners - so the intake is a little more than half way to the bottom of the tank (straight).
I put the spray bar on the longer site of the tank (60 cm) but is it now positioned so that it is not straight - as I could not get the soft tubing through the hole in the cover otherwise....
I have tried to prime it - sucked in the output part (while keeping the double taps open) - the water is running OK and the filter is full - but it is humming (and I tried to rock it to get out the air, but it doesn't exactly work...)
Could this humming have any correlation with my improvisation?
If I got spare parts for eheim classic 150, for which I presume the parts are not as big - is the diameter of the hard tubing of the eheim 150 the same as the diameter of soft tubes of the eheim 2213?
Please
help!
I have always read everywhere how there cannot be too much filtration on a tank...And so when I was presented with an option of buying a Eheim classic 150 or 250 (250 =2213) at almost the same price (5 euro difference), I opted for the bigger one.
Now I have a problem. I have just tried to set it up today and the parts are too big...
The intake pipe is longer than the height of the tank ( which is 30 cm) and the spray bar is longer than the shorter side ( 30 cm) of the tank also.
I have tried to improvise a little and put an intake thingy (the plastic basket) on a piece that is supposed to be used for corners - so the intake is a little more than half way to the bottom of the tank (straight).
I put the spray bar on the longer site of the tank (60 cm) but is it now positioned so that it is not straight - as I could not get the soft tubing through the hole in the cover otherwise....
I have tried to prime it - sucked in the output part (while keeping the double taps open) - the water is running OK and the filter is full - but it is humming (and I tried to rock it to get out the air, but it doesn't exactly work...)
Could this humming have any correlation with my improvisation?
If I got spare parts for eheim classic 150, for which I presume the parts are not as big - is the diameter of the hard tubing of the eheim 150 the same as the diameter of soft tubes of the eheim 2213?
Please
help!