Eheim 2217
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Very odd. All the threads I read said 2013 is when they started to make them there. Sounds like I need to get it from the horse's mouth. Time to email Eheim.
I guess ill just be that guy and say I don't like eheim. I had a classic and I thought it was a poor performer, especially for the price. I actually did have one of the quick connectors break by where the hose barb slips into the hose. It developed a slow leak and I caught it before it ruined anything. One day the motor quit pumping, it was only a couple years old. Some fish died.
I've Always had better Luck with fluval to be honest. And I really do like my sunsuns.
My best advice on the eheim is to buy a small power head like 200-300gph and fit it with a piece of hose (probably like 16mm or 5/8" for the 2217? I dunno) slip the intake strainer off and put the hose on there. That's what I did to prime my classic. Any little air pocket and the thing stopped dead in its tracks. Lowering the tank level so the spraybar is above the water helps with priming too.
Great construction, simple, and difficult to prime. I might give eheim another go sometime down the road as I suspect I got a lemon, but it really made a bad impression on me.
I've Always had better Luck with fluval to be honest. And I really do like my sunsuns.
My best advice on the eheim is to buy a small power head like 200-300gph and fit it with a piece of hose (probably like 16mm or 5/8" for the 2217? I dunno) slip the intake strainer off and put the hose on there. That's what I did to prime my classic. Any little air pocket and the thing stopped dead in its tracks. Lowering the tank level so the spraybar is above the water helps with priming too.
Great construction, simple, and difficult to prime. I might give eheim another go sometime down the road as I suspect I got a lemon, but it really made a bad impression on me.
Canister will not crack by itself. If you drop it or something its your fail. Eheim is defenetly number 1 on market
I run an ac110 and sponge on my 75 gal. Water is crystal clear. I swapped out the foam block that came with it for poret foam cut to fit.
That being said i also have a 2217 never had a leak except hen i was setting it up (user error)
Also swappped out an fx6 with a 2262 and it blows the fx6 away way more room for bio and much more flow.
2217 comes with double tap valves. Filters were purchased after 2013
That being said i also have a 2217 never had a leak except hen i was setting it up (user error)
Also swappped out an fx6 with a 2262 and it blows the fx6 away way more room for bio and much more flow.
2217 comes with double tap valves. Filters were purchased after 2013
Official Eheim Response:
thank you very much for your email inquiry. The range of the Classic Series and the Aquacompact Series are manufactured currently in China. All the other Filters as the whole Professionel3 and the eXperience are manufactured in Germany.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Yours faithfully
Ihr EHEIM Service Team
EHEIM GmbH & Co. KG
Plochinger Str.54
73779 Deizisau
GERMANY
Phone: 0049 (0)7153 7002-183
Fax: 0049 (0)7153 7002-111
Internet: www.eheim.com
E-Mail: eheim.service@eheim.de
thank you very much for your email inquiry. The range of the Classic Series and the Aquacompact Series are manufactured currently in China. All the other Filters as the whole Professionel3 and the eXperience are manufactured in Germany.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Yours faithfully
Ihr EHEIM Service Team
EHEIM GmbH & Co. KG
Plochinger Str.54
73779 Deizisau
GERMANY
Phone: 0049 (0)7153 7002-183
Fax: 0049 (0)7153 7002-111
Internet: www.eheim.com
E-Mail: eheim.service@eheim.de
