thesorcerous
Seedling
Hi all,
I have a 100 litre tank with an Eheim Pro 4 250 filter. I have recently installed the 16 mm glass lily pipes form Evolution Aqua. The inlet is the surface skimmer inlet. The problem is if i have the filter on full power, the inlet skimmer part draws in a lot of air into the filter. This air is not clearing in the filter, probably because it's not designed to clear so much air. I have turned the restriction lever on the filter down to half ( advertised rate is 950.00 l/hr on full power). But the problem has persisted. It got so bad earlier this week that the filter stopped! This doesn't seem to happen in other aquariums i have seen with this inlet, like in Aquarium Gardens, where the surface of the water inside the skimmer is similar to the surface water of the aquarium. I have attached a photo of the inlet top to show what I mean.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Rob
I have a 100 litre tank with an Eheim Pro 4 250 filter. I have recently installed the 16 mm glass lily pipes form Evolution Aqua. The inlet is the surface skimmer inlet. The problem is if i have the filter on full power, the inlet skimmer part draws in a lot of air into the filter. This air is not clearing in the filter, probably because it's not designed to clear so much air. I have turned the restriction lever on the filter down to half ( advertised rate is 950.00 l/hr on full power). But the problem has persisted. It got so bad earlier this week that the filter stopped! This doesn't seem to happen in other aquariums i have seen with this inlet, like in Aquarium Gardens, where the surface of the water inside the skimmer is similar to the surface water of the aquarium. I have attached a photo of the inlet top to show what I mean.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Rob