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Eheim saves the day

Anemone

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I got home happily from petmart after buying 2 of those cheap "SunSun" wavemakers.

They were cheap, looked sturdy enough despite looking a bit unpolished, and was rated to run at about 6W. (they looked like Hydors)

Anyhow, after positioning them properly, and turning off my equipment for a bit of cable arrangement, (since the cables for the SunSuns weren't long enough)

i turned the return pump back oh.

It rattled, coughed, and died. :(

"No problem", i tot, since i still have an old backup just for this purpose. So i dug the thing out of storage, put it in the sump n plugged it in.

After making sure i got the plumbing right, i turned the pump on.

It rattled, coughed, and died. :shock:

Both were RIOs.

I panic-ed and dug in storage for another backup, and just as i was going to give up n make a fast trip to AM or C328, i saw something squarish, dark, and handsome.

It was my old Eheim Pump.

I quickly wound a few rounds of plumber tape around the nozzle for a better fit, did the plumbing, and turned it on.

It started pumping water back up to the tank without a sound. i swear the thing looked smug as i looked on in relief.

The old faithful never fails to bail me out. :bow:

The bottom line is, if u dun have a reliable backup pump, Pls go get one.

im going to do the same when my pay comes in. Altho the Ehiem probably would go on to run until the end of time, having another in reserve would be damn reassuring. ^_^

anyhow, the SunSuns seem ok. flow isnt directed at one spot, and is spread out pretty evenly. (altho some of the stronger flow seems to go up)

I dun know how the flow might degrade since this is pretty new, i think its a gd buy for pple looking for an option thats easier on the wallet. :)

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ehiem is a good work cow minus away their wattage used.

If a man could beat his own fantasy. Then to only breed in captivity. Then its pointless.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

|| Tank: 78" x 30" x 30" || Sump: 48" x 22" x 20" || Lights: PowerModule 10 X 80W|| Returns: 2 x HF32 ||

|| Skimmer: BubbleKing Supermarin 300 || Wavemaker: 3 x 6100 & 1 x 6200, 2 x Wavebox 6212, WavySea ||

|| FR: 2 x FR150 || NR: Sulphur Denitrator || CR: RM Custom Made 8" || KR: Deltec KM500 || TopUp: Tunze Osmolator 3155 ||

|| UV: Coralife 12X 36W || Ozonizer: Sanders C200|| Controller: GHL Profilux Plus II Ex ||

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