diy aquaponics system | Fixing Eheim 2217 Rattle Noise

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After years in service (15 plus years), my trusty Eheim 2217 finally acting up. For the pass couple of days it produced loud rattle noise. I dismantle the filter, especially the impeller area and found that the shaft rubber cap was loosen due to wear and tear as well as age. This cause the impeller to miss align and after thousand or maybe million rotation, the shaft hole is giving up and become ellipse. This is where the noise coming from. The impeller was hitting the wall during rotation.

Picture of the shaft where one of the rubber cap is loose.

Impeller picture where the hole become ellipse due to continuous friction with the shaft.

Zoom in on the hole, colored in red for easy viewing.

So I replace the whole assembly, bought new impeller and shaft which cost me total S$37 (S$29 + S$8) and it silent like brand new. My advice next time when you service your filter and feel that the shaft is loose, change it.

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easiest diy aquaponics | Fixing A Leaky Gutter Growbed

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Just noticed this morning water droplet from one of the #guttergrowbed, its about five drops per minute.

Thro the leak is small, its enough to wet the floor and over time if not checked moss or algae will grow.

Bottom view of leak, marked so that it can be located during repair.

First, all plants from #guttergrowbed need to be removed and place somewhere safe and not dry out.

A car boot tray is good for holding the plants and fill it with water about an inch, this is a precautionary measures just in case the repair took longer that I anticipated.

After the last flush, switch OFF the pump and lift up the ends that needs repair. It advisable if the adjacent growbed share the same pump, ensure it is full of water before stopping the pump.

I have tubes in the gutter to support those pots, clear them out and the #guttergrowbed will be dirty just like above photo.

Give it a good cleaning, it should not be difficult since the area is always underwater and the sludge did not have time to hardened.

Use a hair dryer to accelerate drying, heat from dryer will make the originally applied glue tacky, sometimes this itself can cure the problem.

Dry it from underneath too. Then once completely dry, apply hot glue to the affected area. This is the easiest glue to use and it is very good for quick fixes.

No matter how I do, it will always looks messy. Once all area covered with glue wait for it to cool for about five to ten minutes, then we can restore the growbed.

Start water inflow to check for leaks

Having satisfied that the repair is good, I can put the plants back in its place.

Prior to that dont forget the bottom part which need to be check for leaks too.

Plants in, everything back to normal.

Minor disturbance to the plants, as if nothing happen. The potted #guttergrowbed system makes it easy to do repair if needed.

If its happen to be the inner growbed, same can be done as long as there is access to the container ends. #Guttergrowbed leaks are mostly from the endcaps area which may be tricky to seal. But out of four growbed only this one leak.

So that is 1 out of 8 endcaps.


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diy aquaponics the definitive how to guide pdf | Potted Media base Gutter Growbed Aquaponics Update 31st Oct 2015

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It has been three and a half month since the gutter set completed, this is a video update on how the set is doing. 

The barrel gutter set is a later addition just about 3 weeks old.

Below is a video update of the setup.




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diy aquaponics system plans | Cross your finger for top 200 IAPLC announcement

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http://en.iaplc.com/about/voting.html


Announcement of Top 200 layouts at the 1st round grading
• Aqua Journal vol.202 (coming out on July 10)
• IAPLC Official Website (July 8)


The 2nd Round Grading Online Voting Period
  Open: July 8, 2012 10:00 (JST)
  Close: July 31, 2012 24:00 (JST)

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