Conference 7.286::fish

1687.0. "performance of canister filters with planted aquarium" by RDGENG::CLAYTON () Wed Jan 29 1997 07:54

Hi 

   Just thought ID  post a note to gauge the feelings of other fish 
   keepers.

   Here's the situation I have a two aquarium's one thirty-three 
   gallon and one 25 gallon both with plenty of plants fish and co'2
   fertilized via bio plast tablet system. The problem was that the 
   external canister filter pumps "ehiem pro 2222 and a fluval 303 
   became very slow on both tanks proberbly over the period of six 
   month's, even with regular media changes, I mean changing the carbon
   and wadding leaving the ceramic media intact to keep the biological 
   action going. 

   It got to a point where I had to strip them both down to see if there 
   was something blocking the pipes because they were so slow I cleaned 
   the pipes with some brushes. 
   
   The pipes gave up some dirt but no real blockage was found. I cleaned 
   the motor spindle and reassembled the pumps.  

   I was quite surprised to have both pumps working like brand new 
   pumping plenty of water round the aquarium.

   My conclusion is that deposit's in the pipework however small make a huge 
   difference to the flow and cleaning the pipes should be included in 
   regular maintanance.to keep up optimum flow in the aquarium's 



               hope someone finds this useful 

                                  Regards Richard  (uk)