Afrikan Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Keep in thought, you have the tubing and connectors coming off the top of the filter so that make it higher, need leave a good amount of clearance above the filter. A friend of ours got a 2400 and took it home only to find it didn't have good clearance under his tank stand so he had to go back and get a 2200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarium Dude Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Allowed 600 but there will be a beam across the front of the opening 85mm high and so it will have to slide out uynder it (515mm gap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarium Dude Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Does anyone have any pics of intake outlet etc, would be interested to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 You mean the piping in the tank or the connectors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarium Dude Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 pipes into tank, uni, just whatever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 We had to alter our fittings up the top as we have 100mm bracing and they weren't wide enough for that.. so probably no use us sending you a pic of our ones.... :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarium Dude Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 How long is each spray bar length? How does the bracing thing work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarium Dude Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Got it yesterday and had a play around, on the box it indicated that the water flows through the bottom first but thats not right. Also can I have the first basket all mechanical and then the second 2 bio. Those ceramic ring things are biological media right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplecatfish Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I know what you mean about the box and instructions not describing the filter very well. From what I could work out the water comes in through the top of the baskets, so the top layer should be mechanical to stop the biological media clogging up with dirt. I've put JBL micromec and sinomec in the other two layers because it creates a huge surface area. The noodles (and chips?) that come with it are biological media but there is a lot of space for extra noodles. But the order of the foam didn't look right to me. I would have thought that you would place the sheets with the largest holes at the beginning of the flow and the polywool later. Can anyone shed light on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarium Dude Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I agree pcatfish I think I will put all the sponge in the top basket the ceramic things in the next and the pumice looking stuff in the last basket will buy 1.5 kg of each bio media Also thinking of customising inlet/outlet using hansen fittings, the original ones dont really work that well Ps. where can I get pipe that big from (what comes with it is not long enough) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 sorry for hashing up the old threads, just thought i might as well put it here instead of starting a new topic. im looking at the 2200 for my 460L, in the past ive had issues with the inlet/outlet bends because of the bracing thickness which is why i currently have a fluval running (its too small for the tank which is why i need a bigger filter). i dont have the cash to fork out for a fx5 hence me looking at these. will the inlet/outlet bends fit over my 70mm bracing without needing to be modified? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplecatfish Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 The bends would easily go over a 65mm bracing but at 70mm there would be a need to make modifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 We have the 2400 range, and the bends are the same size as the 2200.. we had to modify our ones as our bracing is 100mm... :roll: :lol: I also think 65mm would be fine, but pushing it at 70mm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Hi Sharn, you should be alright. Just measured the thing and it is at least 80mm. ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Oh awesome that Ron came up with the measurements Because ours are modified there was no way I could measure ours.. Good stuff, perfect fit then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 im confuzzled now, purple says no but DG says yes :lol: what size is your bracing Ronnie? also how quiet are they? it would be sitting right at the end of my bed and i dont enjoy loud humming :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 I measured it so 70mm should be fine. My bracing is 200mm but I drill 2 hole on it at about 65mm from side of tank. As for the noise, it's in the cabinet so can't hear a thing. You could always wear ear muffs or plugs lol. ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 :lol: im pretty sure all the metal in my ears amplifies the noise :lol: ill definatly look into it next pay day, thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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