Flow Rate Eheim 2262 after 1 year w/o opening canister

[Buc_Nasty]

Quite possible. One of my tanks I had to add nitrates to in order to maintain plant growth ...

Yea you can see the plant situation in the pictures in my profile. During the span I took those measurements the aponogeton plant I had literally took up almost the entire tank with probly 30 4 foot long leaves and two 3/4 inch diameter flower shoots that were like 6 feet long wrapping all around the tank. It was a massive plant. Then I chopped the bulb off and planted it again and its grown to the point you see in the picture.

 

[HarleyK]

Could you open it up and take a picture of the horror inside?

Not until Christmas

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

Subscribed! Would come back after xmas to see the amount of crap inside

 

[RedDwarf]

HarleyK, remember to wear gloves when you crack that eheim open after a year. That filter floss is going to a nice brick of mud

You just have to love 2260/2262's, they are by far the best canister filters I have ever used or owned for aquarium use.

 

[aclockworkorange]

Subscribed! Would come back after xmas to see the amount of crap inside

There was an INSANE picture of an FX5 that must have gone without cleaning for a least a year quite a while back. I should have saved it... But I'll just tell you it was basically a solid block of brown crap covering the entire basket. It looked like someone just poured a mud mixture in an FX5 and let it sit for a while.

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

There was an INSANE picture of an FX5 that must have gone without cleaning for a least a year quite a while back. I should have saved it... But I'll just tell you it was basically a solid block of brown crap covering the entire basket. It looked like someone just poured a mud mixture in an FX5 and let it sit for a while.

Was it the one which the OP claim he could put plants in the pad/filter floss and they would grow?

 

[Darkga]

I just setup my new Eheim 2260 and measured the flowrate without media. Using a 5 gallon bucket and a stop watch, I got 473 GpH. I hope this number helps at least.

 

[NOLAGT]

Subscribing...id like to see what it looks like after a year. I am going to guess that it wont be as bad as everyone thinks...I bet the stuff is braking down...but that is just a guess to be different

 

[impala]

LOVE my Eheims, 2250+ 2260 over 10 years old, all original, running as strong and silent as the day I first set them up.

2262, 2.5 years old and I'm still wowed by it.

Average maintenance intervals are 4-6 months. No plants, lots of plecos, borderline over stocked.

 

[HarleyK]

All right folks,

here are pics as requested. Last time this filter was opened was when I set it up in May last year. That's 15 months of fish poop, split between two /\/\onster Eheim canisters.

Depicted below is less waste than some would expect, but again, my filters are dimensioned and filled to lead to almost complete biomineralization. They do not accumulate excess waste, it is biodegraded into small soluble compounds, carbon dioxide and inorganic salts. Only such materials that biodegrade poorly (lignin & (hemi)cellulose from my plants, chitin from my crabs & shrimp colony) accumulate appreciably. Basically like a municipal waste water treatment plant.

1. Backwash to empty out the beast, making it easier to remove it from below the tank



2. Open up the pot, washing layer by layer:


3. Rinsing out the pot, with added surprise finding. Was happy to get back into the tank.


4. This is how much sand had made it into the filter. I was pleasantly surprised

5. Cleaning the detached tubing.


I chose not to clean the tubing that still hung from the tank, nor did I take the pump apart.

I hope some of you may find these pics informative and reassuring that it is possible to run sustainable low-maintenance filtration on a /\/\onster tank.


HarleyK