Hey Guys, I need some help .Its about my eheim 2213, I got it a few months ago and it was working fine for the first month, priming was ok, there was no noise at all.

The problem started when I did my first cleaning, since then I keep getting trapped air inside the filter. Even after priming it properly, shaking it side by side until there is no air at all. But after a few days, there will be trapped air again, as I can hear the sound of air being chopped by the impeller and there would be air coming out of the outlet after I on and off it a few times to clear the air.

Its been going on for a few months now, after every few days there would be trapped air again. And I would have to on and off it again to clear the air trapped. I don't know where the air is coming from, if its from the bad primming, it should clear itself after so long right??? There is no leaks, I check everytime I have to get the air out... The CO2 diffuser is place on the other side of the tank away from the inlet

I cleaned it again yesterday to examine the pump, the impeller seems to be fine, I can't see any damage.

Any one of you experienced this before??? Need help

Yes... I've also checked and adjusted the surface skimmer. I've put it on the most minimum suction so that its only enough for water to go in from the top. I stop adjusting once water starts to pour in from the top, so air don't come in from from the splashing inside the skimmer.

But problem still there, any suggestions... Help please...

Got... I wrapped mosquito net on the bottom, to prevent shrimps from being sucked in. But the holes in mosquito net are quite big, cause I still get shrimplets in my filter...

I had that problem when I first installed it. I wrapped a sponge around the inlet and the surface skimmer have so much force it would suck itself into the inlet and made the skimmer useless. It stopped after I changed the sponge to mosquito netting instead.

But still I think its still a possibility , I'll change it to a breeding net instead this weekend and see how it goes. Thanks for sharing...

But are there still any other possibility??? I want to try all at once and solve it immediately...

Initially it was so quiet I need to put my ear against it to hear it. Now all I need to do is squad down next to it and I'll hear it already , not just the humming sound but a bit rattling also. And intermittent air lock somemore...

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Added on October 24, 2010, 7:26 pmHaha...

Maybe it is, I just googled for a planted tank userbar and this came out...
How do you make these kind of userbar anyway??? (out of topic)

This post has been edited by radver: Oct 24 2010, 07:26 PM

Cool... Thanks

Aquascaping world has just restarted their AquaScaping World Magazine which will now be published every bi-monthly, the November and December issue is already out and its free!!!

Disclaimer , I do not work for and I'm not getting anything from promoting this.

Here's the link if your interested...

http://www.aquascapingworld.com/magazine/

Its water sprite... a.k.a Ceratopteris thalictroides

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/myplants...lictroides.html

Here is some description...

And actually you don't trim them to propagate them IME, little plantlets will actually grow from the main plant. Just watch for branching with roots and you'll find them. Pluck them off and replant them, I gave away a few bunch just yesterday...

This post has been edited by radver: Nov 5 2010, 02:42 PM

Wooo..... Whats with the big reaction??? Can explain more???

I had riccia last time, I put it in a breeding container that floats in the tank, but didn't really put it in my scape cause the pointy thing grew more than the light green ones... So I threw it all away...

Carniverous??? Thank god I threw it away ... Or else it would be bye bye shrimplets...

And when should we go and refill our Co2 tank??? At how many psi???

http://www.wcf.com/co2iron/faq.html

But I read from here that the Co2 tank should be refilled once the regulator gauge shows 500 psi or less. Cause if you don't refill it, the regulator will fail and it'll dump the rest of the Co2 in the tank into your aquarium. And I don't think anyone wants that much of Co2 in their aquarium in such short time as it'll increase the pH and kill all the fauna.

But its just what its stated in the website and a few others, I hope someone here can share their experience or preference on their Co2 refills???

@Vampyr3, You got yourself a pair of Sterbai cories. I got a pair, and from the pictures, IMO is just nothing. I don't think its itch, but just to be on the safe side the quarantine would be good. But one advice, don't put salt in their water, it'll kill them, you might read from somewhere that salt would be a good treatment for itch but please, it don't include cories...

@cwl_ykh, as the saying goes, big fish eat small fish. Fish will eat anything that can fit in their mouth, and shrimps will be especially vulnerable when they mold. I loss all 30 of my RCS to my one dozen harlequins in one month's time. But it differs between tanks, some say no problem, some say all eaten. Its up to you to see if you want to try...

Its like that one, not spoiled or anything, a few complaint of the same thing in Planted Aquarium V4 before...

Bloody high grade wei...

I'm using JBL Ferrotabs RM30... My plants growing on black gravel only, no soil...

But mostly stem plants la...

That was 3 months ago...

Now it looks like this, just bushier...
Before I trimmed


After I trimmed...
Don't know I did it right or not???
Also added java moss lawn...


Any comments??? Advice???

Thanks...

Thanks...

Still studying, thats why low maintenance plants... I had some trouble trying to make the lawn stay there, had to sprinkle some gravel on it to make it sink...
I'm still having trouble trying to make the spiky moss stick on to the driftwood, cause the driftwood actually curves into itself, sort of concave like that. So I don't think its really sticking to the driftwood, just being held there by the fishing line I used.

Using a net won't do any good cause of the concave surface...

Anyone got any experience???

I'm going to aquafair this Saturday... If all goes well la...

Yes, this is water sprite. Just give it some time to adapt to your tank.