show me your eheim spraybar mods
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I believe Eheims use 5/8" ID hose as does XP3.
Here's a thread on the spray I made for both my 55's:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109900
It's been in there for over a month now-still working great. Got flow all across the back of the tank, not just a foot long length as with the original spray bar.
Edit-just reread the thread, made a change to the original design. Plugged up the holes on the rear of the bar with silicon and re drilled with a #42 drill on the front pointing slightly up. Got great surface agitation!
Here's a thread on the spray I made for both my 55's:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109900
It's been in there for over a month now-still working great. Got flow all across the back of the tank, not just a foot long length as with the original spray bar.
Edit-just reread the thread, made a change to the original design. Plugged up the holes on the rear of the bar with silicon and re drilled with a #42 drill on the front pointing slightly up. Got great surface agitation!
mostlycichlids
Cichlid Specialist
im hard plumbing mine into 1/2" pvc... a 3/4" female pvc connector, and a 3/4" x 1/2" slip reducer and its good to go.
just wait until you see what im doing with the rest of my filtration setup muhahahahaha......
just wait until you see what im doing with the rest of my filtration setup muhahahahaha......
Cool, another idea. The short spraybar is one reason I posted this. My water circulation is really poor and I'm trying to avoid putting another small powerhead in for the circulation only. If I can only find clear pvc locally (i havent called around yet), it would be nearly invisible on the back wall of my tank, until the inside turns green of course! 
My version cost about maybe $6 in parts (already had the can of Krylon Fusion), took about 30 minutes to assemble. Well worth it!
I have (as mentioned in the other thread) a steady ripple all along the top of the tank instead of a foot long section in the middle. Have a powerhead at the right side (Ac 30) pointing left, blows all the "stuff" to the left hand side where the filter intake is.
Sand substrate is clean most of the time. Excess food and "stuff" is gone in a very short time.
I'm happy as are the fishies! The Giant Danios like to surf in the outflow!
I have (as mentioned in the other thread) a steady ripple all along the top of the tank instead of a foot long section in the middle. Have a powerhead at the right side (Ac 30) pointing left, blows all the "stuff" to the left hand side where the filter intake is.
Sand substrate is clean most of the time. Excess food and "stuff" is gone in a very short time.
I'm happy as are the fishies! The Giant Danios like to surf in the outflow!
My 2028 came with the Installation kits (transparent gray PVC); Eheim sells extension tubes for the spraybar, and that's what I got.
If you unscrew the hose connections and remove them, you can get a 3/4" FPT adapter, and screw it right on, allowing you to connect either 3/4" PVC, or a reducer bushing for whatever size of PVC.
I need to get the camera back, cause I got some cool **** to take pics of.
That's what came with my 2026. I used the tubes from the intake (I have a different intake) to extend the spraybar all across the top of my tank. Drilled some additional holes at different angles and alternated the direction of each tube up and down. it works really well.