Canister filter – hiding the intake
Monday, January 5th, 2009 at
4:05 pm
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Frank asks another good question on hiding the intake to his canister filer. Here’s the question with my response below.
The in-take for the cannister loops over the back of the tank, can I have it loop into the corner overflow to hide it?
Thanks,
Frank
Yes, you can do that (clever idea), with a couple of caviats.
1) Make sure that, when the system is on, your corner overflow chamber has at least 12″ of water in it, for the canister intake to pull from; and that no bubbles are getting sucked into the canister intake, as this can lead to supersaturation in the tank (giving your fish the benz).
2) Make sure, that your feed sends water directly back to the tank (not the sump).
Sincerely,
Warren Gibbons
www.saltwateraquariumsecrets.com
