Friday, November 21, 2008

Python syphon

Well I finally broke down and just bought one of these things. I havent used it yet, it just came in today. It only hooks up to the hose fitting outside.. so that sucks big time. 

I'm gonna go to osh tomorrow with the part that connects to the sink and see if I can find a 1"-3/4 female threaded piece of PVC.. Hopefully I can find that easily. 

Then I can hook it up in the shower and all will be well. 

Got a new filter

I bought a Fluval 404 the other day on Ebay.. $85 brand new, shipped w/ media. Very good deal I think. So it came on the 19th and when I got home from school I set it up. It was a bit tricky to get everything right, and it ended up taking a couple hours. I had to cut the intake and extend the outflow to get it where I wanted it, but in the end it worked great.

For my media I have this; top to bottom order. 
  1. pantyhose filtration(polishing)/carbon pack
  2. biomedia
  3. biomedia
  4. fluval prefilter blocks
It was a bit tough to prime, but I searched on the cichlid forum when I was trying to prime it and it said to fill up the canister with water to help with priming... so I did that.. pushed the priming level, then plugged it in and it started right up. 

I like this filter a lot so far. does a fantastic job. 

I'll report again later on this filter and update it as I go.