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Geoffrey Rea

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Looks really good, I would deffo add purichem to top tray after white pad in eheim pro4, I use my old blue top mat on bottom tray, then old polishing pad on tray 3 regardless of new in uppers. Driftwood leaches & I like clear water. Also lob the poor plastic twirls in bottom & 2nd trays & replace with Eheim Mac ceramic rings. just done my maintenance & co2 on currently.
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Looks really good, I would deffo add purichem to top tray after white pad in eheim pro4, I use my old blue top mat on bottom tray, then old polishing pad on tray 3 regardless of new in uppers. Driftwood leaches & I like clear water. Also lob the poor plastic twirls in bottom & 2nd trays & replace with Eheim Mac ceramic rings. just done my maintenance & co2 on currently.

Hi @Gmaqua73 and nice setup 😎

Both filters only have prefilter sponges and two trays with media in. The trays are only half full as well, so quite minimal. Good flow across the media is prioritised to keep it maximally oxygenated.

Will run Purigen eventually. For the first four weeks will be performing daily water changes, lessening the tannins with each water change.

Is that a 350 & 350 T eheim pro4?

Eheim Pro 3e 600T and an Eheim Pro 4 600. Both done many years of service.
 
Hi @Gmaqua73 and nice setup 😎

Both filters only have prefilter sponges and two trays with media in. The trays are only half full as well, so quite minimal. Good flow across the media is prioritised to keep it maximally oxygenated.

Will run Purigen eventually. For the first four weeks will be performing daily water changes, lessening the tannins with each water change.



Eheim Pro 3e 600T and an Eheim Pro 4 600. Both done many years of service.
I have a 350t & 350 just for extra flow with minimal media. Mine are 5 years old & never let me down apart from the valve tap. Since then I use divers silicone grease & lubricate the roller balls inside & latches. Massive difference , all my filtration is eheim & Co2 & substraite ada( 4 years old)
 
My crappy phone took ages to load this page, was worth the wait! Absolutely stunning 😍

Hopefully it was worth the wait. Lots of pictures so it’s demonstrative without words, but yes, load time will take a hit.

Meagrely planted at this point so all to play for in the first month. Get some plant mass going.

I have a 350t & 350 just for extra flow with minimal media. Mine are 5 years old & never let me down apart from the valve tap. Since then I use divers silicone grease & lubricate the roller balls inside & latches. Massive difference , all my filtration is eheim & Co2 & substraite ada( 4 years old)

Good filters, but yes, they need silicone grease etc periodically to keep the cassette/taps working without issue.
 
Great start, and enough nutrients. Following with interest as always

Cheers Luciën 👍🏽

Month of water changes ahead then we’ll see how we are doing. Certainly plenty of tannins to remove this month:

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