Hi,
I recently bought a second hand Evolution aqua marine 1000. It has been great so far but having some issues with the built in filtration. The return pumps (2x Eheim compact 1000) keep getting filled with air, making them very noisy until they spew out a load of micro bubbles. If it wasn't for the noise i could live with the odd blast of bubbles.
The only way i can see air getting into the pumps is via the bio media in the next chamber, so have tried attaching some filter floss in between to act as a bubble trap, but so far no joy.
So whilst trying to think what to do next...i thought why not taken out the inbuilt filtration and use a canister..thus effectively making the tank into an EAAquascaper. If i were to remove all the plastic panels (just cut away the silicone) i would just be left with a pure glass aquarium which would also give me 10cm more depth.
Does this sound like a good idea or should i just leave the filtration as it is and try and somehow rectify the bubble issue? Any issues anyone sees with this?
Thanks
I recently bought a second hand Evolution aqua marine 1000. It has been great so far but having some issues with the built in filtration. The return pumps (2x Eheim compact 1000) keep getting filled with air, making them very noisy until they spew out a load of micro bubbles. If it wasn't for the noise i could live with the odd blast of bubbles.
The only way i can see air getting into the pumps is via the bio media in the next chamber, so have tried attaching some filter floss in between to act as a bubble trap, but so far no joy.
So whilst trying to think what to do next...i thought why not taken out the inbuilt filtration and use a canister..thus effectively making the tank into an EAAquascaper. If i were to remove all the plastic panels (just cut away the silicone) i would just be left with a pure glass aquarium which would also give me 10cm more depth.
Does this sound like a good idea or should i just leave the filtration as it is and try and somehow rectify the bubble issue? Any issues anyone sees with this?
Thanks