Eheim 2217/prefilter/55 gallon plumbing

[HDH]

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

[Josh Mills]

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

[Josh Mills]

In article >,
says...
> "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.
>
I'm glad it worked, as I have never actuall seen the tubing that comes
with the 2217. Just a lucky guess. BTW I really like those prefilters,
so easy to clean, happy eheiming.

Josh