hmm..I guess im just lucky my two eheim 2217 quick release dont have leaks. I wonder what happened to both your quick release
Anyone else have trouble with this eheim part?!
- Thread starter tcarswell
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One of them leaked I should have mentioned that . I buy them in pairs so I have an extracoolermaster;3431772; said:
This time though im just gonna use tubing with no tap valves as zenzzo suggested to me. I got an ammonia spike from it being removed I saved about half the bio but oh well
Once my eheim 12/16 mm tubing comes in it will be running again.the place you might have gotten the tap valves must have a bad batch of those tap valves. there will always be a lemon, but you getting two lemons?thats just bad luck man
Tell me about itcoolermaster;3433817; said:
One day I got a stable tank with all the fish I want in it then bam one tap valve breaks and suddenly I get a bio crash from removing the filter (And saving as much bio as possible) so now im doing water changes and my fish seem pissed about the ammonia and changes and the fact im not feeding until the ammo is under control. I started dosing with stability hopefully that will help"STABILITY" is a godsend Bro...It will do it's job to seed your filter from brand new so anything else you might have saved is a bonus...what are you running on the tank now till the hoses get there? And can't you just block up the cannister and use the current hoses till the new ones get there?tcarswell;3435886; said:Tell me about it
I got an ac110 running and a fluval 405 
I have been dosing stability and its starting to work I think my ammonia is almost 0 again knock on wood. I took the canister out and washed it good so it did not get smelly. I think ill be fine without it until the hoses come then I can clean the media that I could not put elsewhere and put the other bio ive saved back in and fire it back up. The tank has a low bio load its a 90 gallon with 5 bichirs that are all hand fed also 500 ml of purigen and a aquaclear power head with quick filter and 18 watt turbo twist (Turned off for the Beneficial bacterias sake)
I have been dosing stability and its starting to work I think my ammonia is almost 0 again knock on wood. I took the canister out and washed it good so it did not get smelly. I think ill be fine without it until the hoses come then I can clean the media that I could not put elsewhere and put the other bio ive saved back in and fire it back up. The tank has a low bio load its a 90 gallon with 5 bichirs that are all hand fed also 500 ml of purigen and a aquaclear power head with quick filter and 18 watt turbo twist (Turned off for the Beneficial bacterias sake)
Is your tank overstocked? If you have good flow from the powerheads in the tank the water should stabalize without ammonia spike considering you already reduced feeding. I went five days without a canister on a bare bottom tank and no trace of ammonia spike when I tested the water. All I had was a two powerheads running the tank and two chunks of driftwood. The driftwood must have sustain enough bio to prevent an ammonia spike.
Yes, it does sucks when $10 part break and your cannot run the filter without it. If I were you I would've gotten some hose at the LFS and run it without the connector as a temp solution. I always keep a HOB as a backup cuz I never know when I need it.
Yes, it does sucks when $10 part break and your cannot run the filter without it. If I were you I would've gotten some hose at the LFS and run it without the connector as a temp solution. I always keep a HOB as a backup cuz I never know when I need it.
FishNCash;3437669; said:
yea, a backup is what I have in my tank also. a 5ft OHF with 4 kg ceramic rings running together with my two eheim classic 2217's
