HDH
March 16th 04, 04:52 AM
"Josh Mills" > wrote in message
.. .
> In article >,
> says...
> > Hi All,
> > Just set up a new Eheim 2217 on my 55 gallon tank and I'm wondering how
to
> > connect the Eheim prefilter I purchased separately. The "upside down J"
> > intake tube that comes with the filter does not reach to the bottom of
the
> > tank when connected to the pre-filter. The pre-filter, OTOH, comes with
two
> > tubes, one straight about 10" long, another narrower with a curve at the
> > end, which is too small for the wide intake tubing of the 2217. So
there is
> > no clearly obvious way that I see to connect the prefilter using
existing
> > plumbing parts.
> >
> > Before I go cutting into things I thought I'd ask here how the prefilter
is
> > supposed to connect.
> >
> > Thanks for any input,
> > Howard
> >
> >
> >
> I use a eheim prefilter with my 2215 by inserting the J shaped piece
> (that came with the filter itself) into the base tube of the prefilter,
> the one with the rubber coupler. But I think the base tube of the
> prefilter might be the same size as the J tube of your filter. The only
> solution I can see would be to join the base tube of the prefilter and
> the J tube that came with your filter with a 1" or 2" piece of the hose
> that came with your filter. You might have to cut down the J tube though
> so it wont stick out of the top of the tank too much. I'm not sure if
> this would work, as I'm not sure of the hose, and tubing sizes of the
> 2217, but it's the best plan I could come up with using your existing
> materials. Hope this helps, good luck.
>
> Josh
>>I think the base tube of the
>> prefilter might be the same size as the J tube of your filter
Correct, hence the problem....
Ok. I cut a small piece of the 10" piece that came with the prefilter, put
that in the prefilter, connected it to the J-tube with a 2" piece of tubing
and the Eheim is prefiltering as we speak. Good stuff.
Thanks much,
Howard
.. .
> In article >,
> says...
> > Hi All,
> > Just set up a new Eheim 2217 on my 55 gallon tank and I'm wondering how
to
> > connect the Eheim prefilter I purchased separately. The "upside down J"
> > intake tube that comes with the filter does not reach to the bottom of
the
> > tank when connected to the pre-filter. The pre-filter, OTOH, comes with
two
> > tubes, one straight about 10" long, another narrower with a curve at the
> > end, which is too small for the wide intake tubing of the 2217. So
there is
> > no clearly obvious way that I see to connect the prefilter using
existing
> > plumbing parts.
> >
> > Before I go cutting into things I thought I'd ask here how the prefilter
is
> > supposed to connect.
> >
> > Thanks for any input,
> > Howard
> >
> >
> >
> I use a eheim prefilter with my 2215 by inserting the J shaped piece
> (that came with the filter itself) into the base tube of the prefilter,
> the one with the rubber coupler. But I think the base tube of the
> prefilter might be the same size as the J tube of your filter. The only
> solution I can see would be to join the base tube of the prefilter and
> the J tube that came with your filter with a 1" or 2" piece of the hose
> that came with your filter. You might have to cut down the J tube though
> so it wont stick out of the top of the tank too much. I'm not sure if
> this would work, as I'm not sure of the hose, and tubing sizes of the
> 2217, but it's the best plan I could come up with using your existing
> materials. Hope this helps, good luck.
>
> Josh
>>I think the base tube of the
>> prefilter might be the same size as the J tube of your filter
Correct, hence the problem....
Ok. I cut a small piece of the 10" piece that came with the prefilter, put
that in the prefilter, connected it to the J-tube with a 2" piece of tubing
and the Eheim is prefiltering as we speak. Good stuff.
Thanks much,
Howard