Hi Alan

I would beg to differ with your comment about getting the flow started again.

The 2224 has the taps for both inlet & outlet, thats not a problem.

The problem is once the impellor chamber is empty, lets say because of a clean out.
Once you put it all back together, the pipes are full & so is the filter housing, but the pump/ impellor housing is empty, so you get trapped air, which slowly dissipates as you jiggle it about for about 10 minutes or so.

I have to say though that what I did this time round was before I put the 2 pipes back on to the filter, I stuck a funnell in & filled up the impellor housing with water from the tank, in an attempt to avoid trapped air.

It was quicker, but still not the quickest.

regards

E

__________________
3ft X 2ft Tank & 2 Small Quarantene Tanks

1 pearl Gourami 1 Sword tail
4 Upside down Catfish 2 Flying Foxes
1 Angel 4 Corys
1 Horse Faced Loach 1 Rainbow Fish
2 Congo Tetra's 3 Dwarf Suckerfish
3 Lemon tetra's 3 Red Phantom Tetra's
I Bristlenose 4 BN Fry
Plants

3 Lilly's 3 Onion bulbs
3 various other plants