Need urgent help in setting up pleco tank

[wasabi8888]

hi all

Anyone stays in woodlands here? i need help to set up Eheim 2026. it has been 6 hours since i tried to set up and i hope the BB is still alive. I cant get my 2026 to work....

And the worse i need to bring my kid to the clinic, so i am leaving things as it is.. I threw an airstone into the pleco tank. hopefully all will be alive when i come back. Dumped the media of 2X 2026 into a pail and also running an air stone. Again, pray that BB will be alive as well..

Any kind soul in Woodlands want to help me? The motor is OK but there seems to be air in the inlet hose. Everytime i switch on the filter, the water level of the inlet hose gets lower and lower and until the whole hose is filled with air and the motor gets air locked. I checked but no leakage at inlet, so i cant figure what is wrong. I am also using installation kit 1 & 2 but also no use....

sms at 90606752 if you can help

Jeff

[chingkt]

Did you fill the canister with tank water? I usually fill them with tank water and make sure tank water is at correct height. Next start the motor. It should work unless the hose is too long or with obstruction.

[bossteck]

Hi Jeff,

First of all, hope your kid is fine.

You did a good thing in putting in an air stone into your tank, this will ensure there is sufficient dissolved oxygen now that flow of water is absent.

You also did well in putting all your media into a pail and running an air stone there, this made sure they don't die off due to lack of oxygen, but they will get hungry eventually.

In the worse case, you just have to reseed your filter, some starter bacteria would help, and given that yours is an established tank it shouldn't be a problem.

Read this thread on priming 2026 filter, hope it helps.

P.S. If it is any comfort, I once had a 5ft tank sit 2 whole days without water circulation, my pump crocked, I run an air stone, went to get a replacement, found out it was the wrong model, went the replace it the next day. So that's 48 hours. My catfishes (not plec*s though) survive that. I think the main thing is don't get panic into making unnecessarily large water changes.

[benny]

I'm sure some kind soul will come to his aid and all will turn out well in the end.

Cheers,

[wasabi8888]

All in all, everything went well.. Thanks to 2 great persons in this forum and you know who you are.. Came to my help when I asked them to.....although one of them came at 10pm.....

Let me at least explain what caused the problem. It was not the priming problem, neither was it because the canister was half filled etc. In fact, after we found the problem and solved it, the 2nd Eheim 2026 cannister, we only filled the water to half and prime the rest.

As I mentioned just now, i am using installation kit 1 and 2. The problem was installation kit 1. For some strange reason, there was air sucking into the top of the joint. (where the inlet rod is connected to the U-joint). We found that out by connecting one end to a hose and blowing into it and covering the other end. Even though there is an O-ring in the groove, air was being sucked in. How we solved it was fixing a spare O-ring just before the inlet rod.

That solved the problem. Even though the instruction booklet did not specify to put an 0-ring there.

Thanks to the 2 bros here... Could not have done it without you...

[bossteck]

Glad to hear that your problem is solved and you made 2 new friends!

[wasabi8888]

Hi Eric

Not new friends.. old friends... with similar hobbies... fish, photography, and lots more..

Thanks for your earlier encouragement and advice as well.... forgot to thank you in my earlier post....

Thank to mod for moving this thread to the approriate section....

[bossteck]

I see.

Hey, no problem!

[benetay]

I hope they made your day!

Cheers!

[Wackytpt]

Jeff,

Glad to hear things are solved.

Cheers

[benny]

Jeff,

Glad to hear things are solved.

Cheers

Is it true that Jeff never even offer any plain water to his tank rescuers?

Cheers,

[genes]

I thought you mentioned setting up the tank after Chinese New Year? Setting up now already?

[wasabi8888]

I thought you mentioned setting up the tank after Chinese New Year? Setting up now already?

Phase 1 first...ie move the current tank into the steel rack....

then scape next Saturday....

[wasabi8888]

Is it true that Jeff never even offer any plain water to his tank rescuers?

Cheers,

yes & no.. offered water to one rescuer.. the other one....not so effective.. so i offered some tank water instead

[genes]

Actually if you have the double taps, the installation kits are redundant. To prevent air lock, just off the outlet pipe. Valice taught me this and its very effective. Now i can change my water without having the air lock problems.

[wasabi8888]

Actually if you have the double taps, the installation kits are redundant. To prevent air lock, just off the outlet pipe. Valice taught me this and its very effective. Now i can change my water without having the air lock problems.

Actually with 2026, don't even need double taps and installation kits.. My reason for that is because i like grey color tubes and not the standard eheim green ones Goes better with substrate color

[benny]

Actually with 2026, don't even need double taps and installation kits.. My reason for that is because i like grey color tubes and not the standard eheim green ones Goes better with substrate color

Vain!!!!!!

Cheers,

[wasabi8888]

Vain!!!!!!

Cheers,

And who taught me that???

[Wackytpt]

Actually with 2026, don't even need double taps and installation kits.. My reason for that is because i like grey color tubes and not the standard eheim green ones Goes better with substrate color

You super Vain man!!!!!!!

[wasabi8888]

You super Vain man!!!!!!!

well, there are people that buy ADA inlets and outlets for the same reason.... come to think about it... maybe i should try.... nothing else to be vain about anyway