Recent content by freemundo

Re: eheim nightmare: ended A solution to my Problems! Thanks to everyone who responded, I find this forum a great source of knowledge and help! I took the filter back to the shop and they saw all the issues I had, slow prime and little or no power from the filter. So they swap the head unit...

Update: I manage to prime the filter with no sucking! Empty the filter, prime the inlet tube open the valve and the water rushes in and fills filter. In now works but I am sucking in alot of air for some where it like a there is a fog in tank and the filter is very noisey. Any other other...

Thanks everyone for your responses. I am going the try again tonight with an empty filter and just the inlet pipe primed. I will let you know how I get on. thx Danny

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me in gettting my Eheim Professional 3 2073 filter to start pumping water. I am running both the spray bar and inlet installation kits. All connecting pipes are under meter long and the filter is installed under the tank. I have tried with the...

No it’s very quite, a fact I find quite concerning! I will test again tonight. I am assume the gas cutoff should be pretty instant

Hello, I recently brought a solenoid from Ebay, my first mistake! But it doesn’t shut of the gas when the unit energized or de-energized. Is there gotachs for installing solenoids? I.E: The gas flow has to be a certain way through the valve or the solenoid needs to be mounted in certain way...

No I just turn the lights off! Would this work? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CO2-magnetic-sole ... 3ca981083e thx Danny

Hi Guys, Thanks for sharing this CO2 setup design. I have successfully managed to build the rig but I have problems with controlling the amount of C02 going into the tank. (tank details: planted Fuval Osaka 155 liters) During the day things are fine drop checker, lime in color, but overnight...