There's a 850GPH koralia powerhead in there and an Eheim 2217 canister filter. Lights are Orbit Marine LED, a huge splurge for me. The koralia has been making some noise. I think it's because of floating sand because it was silent in an empty tank. Hopefully this will resolve itself.
Finally set up my 33long stream tank
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 09:58 PM
I finally set up the 33 long I bought a while back. I plan to put some darters, redbelly dace and some shiners in here. Maybe an orange spotted sunfish.
There's a 850GPH koralia powerhead in there and an Eheim 2217 canister filter. Lights are Orbit Marine LED, a huge splurge for me. The koralia has been making some noise. I think it's because of floating sand because it was silent in an empty tank. Hopefully this will resolve itself.
There's a 850GPH koralia powerhead in there and an Eheim 2217 canister filter. Lights are Orbit Marine LED, a huge splurge for me. The koralia has been making some noise. I think it's because of floating sand because it was silent in an empty tank. Hopefully this will resolve itself.
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Posted 25 April 2014 - 02:49 PM
Thanks, Josh. You must be the same jblaylock with the tank youtube videos. Your tank is pretty awesome. Helped me a ton in setting this one up.
The koralia gets very good movement through about 2/3 of the aquarium's length. It tapers off at the last 1/3 mark. It did blow the sand around at first, but I found that after I let it run a bit, everything settled in the right places and no more sand was getting kicked up. I placed a lot of 3/4 inch gravel and smaller pea pebble near the koralia end of the tank to help minimize sand blowing.
The koralia is making kind of a rattling noise, which I first thought was due to sand but have read online could be due to other issues? I've read that adding washers to the impeller will help. I haven't tried it yet, though.
The koralia gets very good movement through about 2/3 of the aquarium's length. It tapers off at the last 1/3 mark. It did blow the sand around at first, but I found that after I let it run a bit, everything settled in the right places and no more sand was getting kicked up. I placed a lot of 3/4 inch gravel and smaller pea pebble near the koralia end of the tank to help minimize sand blowing.
The koralia is making kind of a rattling noise, which I first thought was due to sand but have read online could be due to other issues? I've read that adding washers to the impeller will help. I haven't tried it yet, though.
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Posted 29 April 2014 - 10:05 AM
Thanks, Josh. You must be the same jblaylock with the tank youtube videos. Your tank is pretty awesome. Helped me a ton in setting this one up.
The koralia gets very good movement through about 2/3 of the aquarium's length. It tapers off at the last 1/3 mark. It did blow the sand around at first, but I found that after I let it run a bit, everything settled in the right places and no more sand was getting kicked up. I placed a lot of 3/4 inch gravel and smaller pea pebble near the koralia end of the tank to help minimize sand blowing.
The koralia is making kind of a rattling noise, which I first thought was due to sand but have read online could be due to other issues? I've read that adding washers to the impeller will help. I haven't tried it yet, though.
I'm glad I was able to help. I love your tank.
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