Salt Water Aquarium Secrets » canister filter http://saltwateraquariumsecrets.com Tips and secrets on how to design, setup and maintain your saltwater aquarium so that it actually works! Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:40:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Canister filter – hiding the intake http://saltwateraquariumsecrets.com/23/canister-filter-hiding-the-intake/ http://saltwateraquariumsecrets.com/23/canister-filter-hiding-the-intake/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:05:57 +0000 Warren http://saltwateraquariumsecrets.com/blog/?p=23 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


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