hey guys,
like the title says i have a wet/dry eheim 2229 that i got used from a buddy of mine, according to him it was working but was a pain in the ass to get the lung working for the wet dry system. So i took it off of his hands. Low and behold i try setting it up and im about to break this thing with a hammer. The most annoying system i have ever seen, and i still cant get it to work. So far the best i can do is get the lung to empty out one time and then it never refills while i just have that sad slow flow going. The filter is essentially filled with 2 layers of biomax, 1 layer of bioballs, and the prefilter pad. My friend told me to get it started the best way was to have the intake hose full of water, and have the canister filled with water also. When i start the filter the lung does its job and does the crazy flow to empty out the canister, the canister flow gets slower, and then....nothing, the filter is just filtering water at its low flow and never doing the wet/dry process again. The air intake tube is not touching the water but for some reason when the canister empties out the water the first time i notice some water and bubbles going into the tube but never really coming out, is this perhaps the problem? Iv tried looking up videos and info on how to start this thing and there doesn't seem to be any help. Hopefully somebody here can save my buddy from me punching him in the face for giving me a piece of garbage.
like the title says i have a wet/dry eheim 2229 that i got used from a buddy of mine, according to him it was working but was a pain in the ass to get the lung working for the wet dry system. So i took it off of his hands. Low and behold i try setting it up and im about to break this thing with a hammer. The most annoying system i have ever seen, and i still cant get it to work. So far the best i can do is get the lung to empty out one time and then it never refills while i just have that sad slow flow going. The filter is essentially filled with 2 layers of biomax, 1 layer of bioballs, and the prefilter pad. My friend told me to get it started the best way was to have the intake hose full of water, and have the canister filled with water also. When i start the filter the lung does its job and does the crazy flow to empty out the canister, the canister flow gets slower, and then....nothing, the filter is just filtering water at its low flow and never doing the wet/dry process again. The air intake tube is not touching the water but for some reason when the canister empties out the water the first time i notice some water and bubbles going into the tube but never really coming out, is this perhaps the problem? Iv tried looking up videos and info on how to start this thing and there doesn't seem to be any help. Hopefully somebody here can save my buddy from me punching him in the face for giving me a piece of garbage.