VaegaVic
Fish Addict
So I've recently talked one of my friends into keeping fish, she's only 17 and likes fancy goldfish.
She bought her tank, I advised her on the stocking and said I would donate some media to give her a hand, the nice chap I am.
I go to do my weekly & monthly maintenance, weekly water change, monthly filter clean out, I thought this would be an absolutely perfect time to donate the media to my friend.
Now, I haven't been entirely happy with my main tank recently, mainly due to it's lack of design. I tried to make it look nice, but I can't keep live plants apart from mosses etc, due to low light and general fear of algae.
I finally get the tank in the best shape it's looked in years and decide it's time to clean out the filter.
I have an Eheim 2215, with double taps, so it's pretty easy.
I took the top off, saw how much gunge there was in the sponges and instantly thought that the reduced flow now made sense. I removed the sponges, gave them a good ol' rinse and put them back in, I removed one for my friend.
Everything so far is normal and lovely right?
Now for some absolutely bizzare reason, I've never cleaned out the impeller of my 2215, so I assumed it would be horrifying.
I pulled out the spindle, was pleasantly suprised nothing was on it and pushed it back in.
*snap*
"#128### was that..?"
The spindle had snapped inside the sealed canister unit. No way for me to physically remove it.
Dear god did I wet oneself.
Luckily, I had my old Interpet EPF 150 canister in my wardrobe.
I whacked that out, threw all the old media in that, primed it and turned it on.
"Pssssssssst"
The EPF had blown a seal.
I now had water draining from my tank and seeping into my carpet at a rate of a foot a second.
I disconnect the filter and run with it into the bathroom and basically throw it into the shower, where it continues to bleed water.
I now had no external and more media than a cheap japanese tv station.
Luckily, I'm a horder, and as such, I have at least 7 filters in the house and anyone point in time. I've now managed to rig all of my filters up into one power source, each with only 1 2215 sponge in it (as that's all each one can take, if that!) and prowling the internet for a new canister.
I've come across APS externals, and I'm rather impressed, £50 for 1000lph?, enough space for all of my hefty media? Job done.
Just hope 1000LPH in my 64L won't blow the seams apart, that's the last thing I need! lol.
Waiting 3 days for delivery now, this I'm not going to enjoy.
Just thought I'd share my hellish night.
She bought her tank, I advised her on the stocking and said I would donate some media to give her a hand, the nice chap I am.
I go to do my weekly & monthly maintenance, weekly water change, monthly filter clean out, I thought this would be an absolutely perfect time to donate the media to my friend.
Now, I haven't been entirely happy with my main tank recently, mainly due to it's lack of design. I tried to make it look nice, but I can't keep live plants apart from mosses etc, due to low light and general fear of algae.
I finally get the tank in the best shape it's looked in years and decide it's time to clean out the filter.
I have an Eheim 2215, with double taps, so it's pretty easy.
I took the top off, saw how much gunge there was in the sponges and instantly thought that the reduced flow now made sense. I removed the sponges, gave them a good ol' rinse and put them back in, I removed one for my friend.
Everything so far is normal and lovely right?
Now for some absolutely bizzare reason, I've never cleaned out the impeller of my 2215, so I assumed it would be horrifying.
I pulled out the spindle, was pleasantly suprised nothing was on it and pushed it back in.
*snap*
"#128### was that..?"
The spindle had snapped inside the sealed canister unit. No way for me to physically remove it.
Dear god did I wet oneself.
Luckily, I had my old Interpet EPF 150 canister in my wardrobe.
I whacked that out, threw all the old media in that, primed it and turned it on.
"Pssssssssst"
The EPF had blown a seal.
I now had water draining from my tank and seeping into my carpet at a rate of a foot a second.
I disconnect the filter and run with it into the bathroom and basically throw it into the shower, where it continues to bleed water.
I now had no external and more media than a cheap japanese tv station.
Luckily, I'm a horder, and as such, I have at least 7 filters in the house and anyone point in time. I've now managed to rig all of my filters up into one power source, each with only 1 2215 sponge in it (as that's all each one can take, if that!) and prowling the internet for a new canister.
I've come across APS externals, and I'm rather impressed, £50 for 1000lph?, enough space for all of my hefty media? Job done.
Just hope 1000LPH in my 64L won't blow the seams apart, that's the last thing I need! lol.
Waiting 3 days for delivery now, this I'm not going to enjoy.
Just thought I'd share my hellish night.