Please help - Eheim 2080 XL

[VKB]

I need help please. I have repurposed my tropical tank (old heater cooked my last three survivors) to a cichlids tank. I have a Eheim 2080 XL that I never used and i now wanna set it up. Got all my substrate and top green/blue filter, but I'm missing the solid white filter for the top basket. Can I start the filter without that for now? I need to get the water circulating and add the lake salt and buffer to set up for end of week to get fish. Store is 40 minutes away and didn't really have the time to go today for the white pad.

Also, if anyone has pics of their levels and what they have in baskets, I'd love to see them.

 

[Delapool]

I would assume so if reading correctly. How did it go?

 

[VKB]

Things are finally flowing correctly. I did pick up a think (like thick stuff felt) and used a layer of that filter medium because no one sells the 2080 XL that I have anymore. I need to get the set of filters from EHeim. I was having very low flow for a while. Then spoke to Eheim help and they said I may have too much media/substrate. But it turns out I just put the think white pad in the wrong place. It's under the green grate where it belongs now and only 1 layer for now. It's at full flow and doing its job. Thanks

 

[Delapool]

Grand news