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	what's in your cannister?
james747 Banned Posts: 232 Kudos: 203 Votes: 14 Registered: 03-Jan-2004	Hi folks, I'm fairly new to the world of cannister filters. I have a cannister with 3 baskets in it. In what order from top to bottom do you put the filter media? Thanks, James.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003	im not 100% sure but i think most canisters work from bottom to top. atleast my eheim does.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000	Always follow the manufacturer's recommendation for stocking your canister filter
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
SuperMummy! Mega Fish Posts: 1207 Kudos: 915 Votes: 30 Registered: 03-Jan-2003	In the bottom basket - first in the water flow - is a larger, porous/lava/furnace type rock/material, on top of a coarse sponge. Next basket has another sponge on the bottom half, and on top smaller sized chips about 1cm in diameter with some of those ceramic noodle tube things. Finally in the third basket it is full of filter wool/floss.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
james747 Banned Posts: 232 Kudos: 203 Votes: 14 Registered: 03-Jan-2004	thanks for that reply Malaikah, just the type of answer I was looking for....Thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003	hmm mines setup in the other order. mine has the cermaic noodle things on the bottom basket and the lava type rocks on the top.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
SuperMummy! Mega Fish Posts: 1207 Kudos: 915 Votes: 30 Registered: 03-Jan-2003	Maybe different filter brands pipe the water in differently..? - but with both of mine, the water flows to the bottom of the canister, and is drawn up through the media to the top.. Malaikah attached this image: Edit: From what I've read, the filter media order is best going from coarse up to fine, to trap the differing sizes of particles, also something to do with keeping the water flow even through the media. Each to their own though. Last edited by Malaikah at 26-Nov-2004 08:28[/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003	same with mine, bottom to top.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Sharpix Enthusiast Posts: 241 Kudos: 123 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Mar-2003	Hey Sin, if your filter works bottom to top, you'd better put the ceramic noodles at the top (last stage). Youre feeding dirty water to ceramic noodles. They tend to get sludge and not work properly when those micro-holes are covered. In order of flow, I use first coarse sponges, then floss, then active carbon and at last ceramic noodles. Crystal clear water and those noodles stay mostly clean.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003	according to my directions from bottom to top it goes.. EHFIMECH ( ceramic noodles ) course pad EHFISUBSTRATE ( lava rocks ) fine pad thats for a eheim pro 2222. Sin
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Silverlight Enthusiast Posts: 212 Kudos: 396 Votes: 43 Registered: 04-Jul-2004	EFHIMECH has larger spaces than anything else in the default Eheim canister layout - assuming they all have the same layout, anyway - so it's hard to imagine that it would get clogged by something that wouldn't completely choke off the rest of the media.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	james747 To start off with always follow the manufacturers instructions. My Eheim has two baskets and two sponge filters as well. It is basically from the bottom the coures base & course sponge then a finer base with a very fine sponge on top. Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
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