I've never heard knocking from my eheim. Did you try rocking/tipping it back and forth to get any trapped air out?
Eheim 2215 installation ...Im confused!
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it took mine almost a day for the sound to go away, but i never tryed to tip or rock it back and forth to pruge the air out
So glad I joined this forum! Just got my new Eheim 2215 this afternoon and didn't have a clue on how to put it all together. I had a Marineland 360C that was total junk. I followed the instructions on here (since the ones they give you are really confusing) and I will be hooking everything up tomorrow morning. I still and gonna put the filter in a 5 gallon horse bucket just incase. Thats where the Marineland is sitting in as we speak. I have a 90 gallon tank and I can't tell you how many GALLONS I have mopped up during the last 2 weeks! I will indeed put a 1/8 hole in the intake tube, just in case. Thanks to all and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
great tips and directions guys.. i dont have an eheim but i'm sure the hole in the intake would work in all canister filters
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Sometimes they'll be noisey for several days after a good cleaning (involving toothbrushes & impeller removal) - or if the inlet is getting a little clogged.
Sometimes they'll be noisey for several days after a good cleaning (involving toothbrushes & impeller removal) - or if the inlet is getting a little clogged.
CWO4GUNNER
USN/USCG 1974-2004 Weps
That is why at cleanings although I clean all my reusable media in old aquarium water and treated RO. All the other hardware gets pressure rinsed in the bathtub or sing with the hottest water and a spray adapter or adjustable shower spray until every bit of slippery slime and sand is rinsed off every plastic part but most importantly the impeller and impeller housing. If you do that and then rub a thin layer of vasoline on all moving parts and O-rings, you will never have noise or a leak.
CWO4GUNNER
USN/USCG 1974-2004 Weps
As far as the 1/8" hole siphon brake theory for canisters (good idea). While we are on that subject..
You can also do the same thing to a freshwater sump overflow box siphon tube if you rather have a deep siphon rather then a skimmer which serves no purpose on a freshwater sump system in fact is a real hindrance in picking up debris.
And if you want an instantaneous siphon brake so that the amount of water between the waterline and the 1/8" hole doesn't end up on the floor, about 2-5 gallons. You can take an additional step.
Using a garden drippier hole punch tool, punch two holes just above the water line at the tank rim level of both the intake and outflow lines and install garden drippier access plugs nipple into the two punched holes and then depending upon the distance between your intake and out flow lines install one piece section of aquarium airline one each garden drippier nipple. Now when you start your pump and its running if there is a power failure and the pump stops the pump line immediately fills with air and immediately brakes the siphon on the other linen no water loss/flood. And once the power come back on the pump line fills with water and re-primes the siphon line establishing siphon starting the entire system automatically.
You can also do the same thing to a freshwater sump overflow box siphon tube if you rather have a deep siphon rather then a skimmer which serves no purpose on a freshwater sump system in fact is a real hindrance in picking up debris.
And if you want an instantaneous siphon brake so that the amount of water between the waterline and the 1/8" hole doesn't end up on the floor, about 2-5 gallons. You can take an additional step.
Using a garden drippier hole punch tool, punch two holes just above the water line at the tank rim level of both the intake and outflow lines and install garden drippier access plugs nipple into the two punched holes and then depending upon the distance between your intake and out flow lines install one piece section of aquarium airline one each garden drippier nipple. Now when you start your pump and its running if there is a power failure and the pump stops the pump line immediately fills with air and immediately brakes the siphon on the other linen no water loss/flood. And once the power come back on the pump line fills with water and re-primes the siphon line establishing siphon starting the entire system automatically.
You may be interested to know that Eheim sells a very nice intake and spray bar unit for these classic Eheim filters. The Intake unit has a cap which you can use to easily prime these filters by unscrewing that cap and filling the hose line with water to prime the filter (with the valve closed of course). The spray bar unit is very nice as well. I wish Eheim would include them with the filters but of course then they couldn't charge extra for these! You can get them at many mail order vendors. Big Al's sells them. Look under Eheim parts for the Spray and Intake bars numbers 494 and 594 one being for larger hoses (like the 2217 which takes a big intake line and a small return line) and the 494's being for the smaller lines (intake and return) as in the 2213 and 2215 canister filters. I have used them and think that they are worth the extra money. I guess relating to the original question they do make assembly of the filter easier since they are simple to assemble and make an easy connection to the filter.
