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  1. Rich C

    Fed up with EA lily pipe intake - anyone get them to work?

    You can find the sponges on ebay eBay item number: 194037497259 Better than jamming sponge up the pipe, just cut about 30mm up from the closed end, fits a treat around the pipe
  2. Rich C

    Fed up with EA lily pipe intake - anyone get them to work?

    Its a very poor design full stop but with a little tinkering can be made to work, on first set up i noticed that if the skimmer head got sucked down the plastic pipe blocked the glass exit to my canister filter, terrific who designed this rubbish, so out with the dremel and cut the plastic tube...
  3. Rich C

    Eheim 1200xlt leaking

    It does sound like the head unit is not forming a water tight seal when clipped down, i had the same probs with a jbl 1500e..i bought 4 new clips and the problem was gone,check your clips,they need to pull down quite hard.
  4. Rich C

    Eheim 1200xlt leaking

    Yours obviously does not so it has to be the seal,as others have said take the seal out clean it and use a bit of silicone grease when replacing.
  5. Rich C

    Eheim 1200xlt leaking

    Make sure the media baskets are sitting correctly and not overfilled stopping the pump head from sealing.
  6. Rich C

    New Aquael Ultramax

    In this throwaway world of today will anything last for 10 years,do i wait and see before i purchase the product,no of course not,whose to say that the ultramax wont last, i have been using this filter since Nov 2018 and apart from a small design fault in the motor housing cover (which aquael...
  7. Rich C

    New Aquael Ultramax

    I can only pass on what i was told when i rang Aquael,because i bought from ebay they said i would have to purchase spares from ALF in the uk,i pointed out that this was a design fault and they sent me the part foc
  8. Rich C

    New Aquael Ultramax

    Best to find out wherever you buy from that they are authorized aquael dealers or they wont honor the warranty.
  9. Rich C

    New Aquael Ultramax

    Ok guys the part has just arrived,its a modified motor cover, this has a tube attached my original did not, hope this helps
  10. Rich C

    New Aquael Ultramax

    Yes i will do that no problem,should be relativity easy to compare the old and upgraded lid when it arrives
  11. Rich C

    New Aquael Ultramax

    I had a problem with my A2000, it would just stop running but start again when i plugged it in again, the ebay seller never responded to my messages so paypal gave me a full refund, rang Aquael Poland and told them of the problem i was having and they confirmed it was the filter lid drawing air...
  12. Rich C

    New Aquael Ultramax

    Check out Pond Gurus vid on the ultamax... Seriously guys this is the best ex filter i have ever had,extremely well made,easy to service,and stuffed with 6kgs of media and 3 foam pads as well as the pre filter it gives a excellent flow, brilliant piece of kit at a really good price if you buy...
  13. Rich C

    Hosetail cap

    https://www.waterirrigation.co.uk/double-barbed-end-plug-16mm.html?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpcLZBRCnARIsAMPBgF0AOt-7daSttJ8bhp9D4gczUZrU3JjOheFEkYZ1SzW4Ocw7b3qOR7kaAuKDEALw_wcB
  14. Rich C

    What is it

    Sorry guys this is about the best i can get with my phone
  15. Rich C

    What is it

    Hi guys can anyone identify what is this growing on my moors red wood,its nothing like anything i have bought or put into the tank,the wood was soaked for a week and then boiled for a couple of hrs, all new plants are treated to a bleach dip and quarantined for a couple of weeks,i noticed this...
  16. Rich C

    Surface foam / bubbles

    Maybe... surfacants..just a guess.
  17. Rich C

    CO2 Refills...

    Hi guys i don't know if this has been posted before, apologies if it has but i spent ages trying to find a co2 supply in Bristol, maidenhead aquatics sell the bottles but they are only refilled at tmc and work out expensive and then you are lucky if they have full bottles in the shop, i found...
  18. Rich C

    Hi People

    Thank you Paraguay ;)
  19. Rich C

    Hi People

    Hello everyone , new recruit here, my name is Rich and i hail from the fair city of Bristol, retired now so plenty of time on my hands so i thought i would give the planted tank a go, have kept many species of cichlids over the years with various degrees of success but never ventured into...
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