How To Install Eheim Basic Canister Video
I’ve had the hardest time trying to keep my Goldfish Tank clean. So I go and write Dr Foster and Smith pet store and ask for their advice. I sent them a link to this blog and to my record of maintenance and this was their response:
Dear Preston,
Thank you for your email. This tank size should be fine for 6 fancy goldfish. The recommendation for a freshwater tank is 1″ of fish per gallon. We are concerned that you are doing too many and too large of water changes. The recommended amount is up to 30% once a month or 10% once every other week. Change water too frequently or too large a volume depletes beneficial bacteria that helps break down ammonia, nitrite, and nitrates.
Canister filters are beneficial because you place specialized media to help with a more specific problem. Such as high nitrates. We recommend the Eheim Classic Canister Series. I have provided a link to the item below.
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Sincerely,
Customer Support
Drs. Foster & Smith
Foster and Smith Aquatics
I value their opinion for they have to know much more than me and besides, less water changes works great for my tired old back.
Anyways I order this Eheim and it is delivered by Fed Ex. Fed Ex had a bad week or two because of snow covered airports so they handled my filter a bit much and when it arrived the box was a bit smashed and the intake valve on the canister was busted.
I call up Foster and Smith and they were so kind and understanding about the situation. That very day they sent me another filter plus a mailing label to mail back the busted one at no charge.
All the time I’ve been waiting on this filter I had googled it and watched a few YouTubes. Wasn’t too much out there about installing this filter. Most folks complained about the instruction booklet, and I agree for the booklet gives so little info. Also most folks complained they wished they had a longer hose than the one which came with the filter. With this in mind I ordered an extra 5 foot of hose for this one, which I never used however, I did use every inch of the hose which came with the filter.
I hope you find this video useful if you have decided to purchase the same type of filter. I must say this is the quietest filter I’ve ever seen. Although folks complained about the instruction booklet and the length of hose, they all swore this is the best filter they have ever had. Many claimed to have used this filter for 15 years or more.
After putting the filter together, as you can see in the video, it ran like a charm when I plugged it in. Before I plugged it in I sucked on the end of the output hose to siphon the water into the canister to prime it and wound up with a mouth full of fish water, nitrites and all… Yuck….
I still have one Emperor 400 filter on my tank along with this Eheim 2215 canister. Also I have the ultra-violet light pump and air pump going. The way I figure it, all 55 gallons of this tank is being completely filtered every 20 minutes or so.
Izzy My Ryukin Goldfish
I’ve had such bad luck with Ryukin Goldfish for some reason. My first goldfish was a Ryukin and he lasted about six months. Then I’ve had two more and they lasted just two or three months. They seem to be more sensitive to water conditions than the others. If I could ever manage to get a control on the water conditions I would be pleased. I wrote to Dr. Fosters and Smith’s Pet Store and asked for advice and sent them a link to this blog. They advised I get this
Eheim Classic Canister to filter my water. They also expressed concern indicating I might be changing my water to often and changing too much of it. I’m learning by hard knocks. I will be getting this canister and I will record how it works on my tank.
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Fancy Goldfish and a Cory
Here are all five of my goldfish. From left to right they are Mojoanna, Wabi-Sabi, Bubbles, Sun, and Barri. The catfish, I just call him Charlie. I had almost ran out of their favorite food which is Saki-Hikari Fancy Goldfish Food. My first supply of this food came from Doctors Foster and Smith on-line store so I ordered from them again. However they were out and put a back-order in for me. So I thought in a week or two longer I would get it, but it never came. This was like over a month ago. So I email them and they say it will be another month before they get any more from their supplier. Since I already paid for the shipping, I’ve let the order remain and maybe in a few weeks I’ll get the two packages I ordered. Well my fish don’t really understand why I’ve rationed them on the good stuff and were getting impatient with me. They kept giving me this worried look. So I go ahead and order a package from Amazon while waiting on the order from Foster and Smith. The food came in yesterday so I give the fish the rest of the food I had been rationing out. They went crazy. They really love this food. I feed them crisps and flakes, but this stuff they go nuts over. So my fish will have to work with me here because the food is rather expensive along with the shipping. I will not feed it to them at every feeding, but every other day or so I will. I sure do enjoy these fish. They are a pleasure to watch.
Fancy Fish Dining on Saki Hikari
Recently I purchased some Saki-Hikari Fancy Goldfish food from Foster and Smith Aquatics. These are very small granules which sink to the bottom and my fish simply love them. For experiment I put in a few floating pellets and some flakes along with the Saki-Hikari. The fish ignored the pellets and flakes moving the small pebbles like little earth moving machines to get to the Saki-Hikari.
