Tons of Eheim Classic Questions
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I don't see it being a problem. The person who made that site said to do it that way so you don't mix up which hose goes where, but since the QDs are different sizes, and it should be fairly obvious which one reaches the inflow & which one reaches the outflow, I don't see why this is necessary. . . Mine both go the same direction because I'm OCD and can't stand them being opposite each other!
Heh - I thought of the opposite thing w/o reading it...
Oh well.
All I had to add was when you backflush, turn the lower elbow carefully. Also, a coarse sponge over the inlet basket may add to the length of time between needed backflushes & teardowns (but sponge will require frequent cleaning).
Oh well.
All I had to add was when you backflush, turn the lower elbow carefully. Also, a coarse sponge over the inlet basket may add to the length of time between needed backflushes & teardowns (but sponge will require frequent cleaning).
Re crystal clear water:
On Purigen vs active carbon - no contest. I have two tanks right now that both had a bunch of Almond Leaves soaking... until the water was a dark tea color.
Added a purigen packet to the canister on one of them and the NEXT day it was crystal clear - with the leaves still in there. The Purigent packet was now a "coffee" color. On the other tank, with the same filter setup, I added fresh activated carbon. Three days later, I still don't even see any improvement in the activated carbon tank.
Purigen for the win!
On Purigen vs active carbon - no contest. I have two tanks right now that both had a bunch of Almond Leaves soaking... until the water was a dark tea color.
Added a purigen packet to the canister on one of them and the NEXT day it was crystal clear - with the leaves still in there. The Purigent packet was now a "coffee" color. On the other tank, with the same filter setup, I added fresh activated carbon. Three days later, I still don't even see any improvement in the activated carbon tank.
Purigen for the win!
As for how often to clean up the media inside that depends on the stock of fish and plants.Anywhere between 15 days to 2 months.
If you run the white polishing pads in your Eheim classic, I've found that if you remove and rinse or replace them monthly your flow will stay close to the same. My flow only gets slightly restricted when the polishing pad gets pretty nasty. I clean my eheims about every 3 months. I swoosh and squeeze the blue (course filter pad) until pretty clean then I roll the substrat pro in a shallow rubbermaid with tank water, and do the same with the efhi-mech. I ussually replace the polishing pad, or filter floss monthly between cleanings.
This vid is not of a classic filter but generally is the same as what I do, without the convenient media tray handles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqPGjcMFd8U
This vid is not of a classic filter but generally is the same as what I do, without the convenient media tray handles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqPGjcMFd8U
