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Re: NFC: Tank Filtration Question
Maybe I didn't explain it properly. The tank will be drilled. There will be
one intake tube (overflow?) that goes through a bulkhead at the bottom of
the tank to a series of filtration units, located under the tank in the
cabinet, and then re-enters the tank through the output tube coming up
through another bulkhead also at the bottom of the tank. I would like to
have both of these tubes on one end of the tank (the one abutting the wall)
so as to hide them from view. Will having both of these on the same end
(which is the narrow 24" side) still allow for proper filtration of the
water at the far end of the tank, some 72" away. There will be nothing
hanging off of any side of the tank, even the cord for the lighting, in the
hood, will be hidden.
Actually I think I figured out a possible solution. I could take the return
tube and run it up and into the cover and take the water down to the far
end of the tank where it could be reintroduced from above. That would not
require a visible pipe in the tank. To see what I mean check out
www.mia.net/tyhall/filter.jpg
Thanks for all of the input so far!!!
Ty
Hey Ty.
Unfortunately, without a powerhead or some such, you're going to have
one end of the tank acting as a dead spot. A powerhead on the far end
may fix this.
An optional idea -- much easier with plexiglass than glass -- is to
drill the tank. This is the ideal way of dealing with larger tanks.
Joshua.
Ty_Hall at eFunds_Com wrote:
>
> I am hoping to someday set up a large freshwater (natives of course )
tank.
> I am in the early planning stages and trying to sort out the best way to
do
> everything. The tank will either be a Glass 180 gallon or an Acrylic 225
> Gallon. That is yet to be decided. Anyway, my question comes in the area
of
> filtration. I will be using an undercabinet system with an intake that
> takes the water from the tank down into the cabinet, runs it through the
> various canisters and then sends it back to the tank. Here is the
dilemma.
> The tank will be a peninsula and viewable on three sides. One short side
> will be against the wall and I don't want to have tubes and overflows on
> the opposite and exposed (short) end. Will the system work fine if both
the
> intake and output tubes are on the same end of the tank? This will, I
hope,
> simply create a circular water flow, but wanted to see what you "experts"
> thought first. Will the water circulate properly to all areas of the tank
> or will the intake simply suck in the newly filtered water from the
nearby
> output leaving stale water at the far end of the tank? Does it make any
> difference?
>
> Simple drawing of proposed inlet/outlet arrangement:
>
> Breakfast Area
> |---------------------------------------------|
> | O <-- Water in |
> Wall | Tank | Passageway
> | O -->Water out |
> |---------------------------------------------|
> Family Room
>
> Ty "Suffering from large tank envy" Hall
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