So I recently purchased a new 100 gallon aquarium, and I want to have it sitting on the floor rather than on a stand. First off I have checked with my home builder and my floor can handle the weight. My question is: I always use canister filters for my tanks but I know that most filters require the filter to be around two feet lower than the bottom of the water level. I want to keep oscars in this tank so I need a fairly good filter system. Does anybody know of a different method of filtration that would be adequate, or if a canister filter would work sitting on the floor with the tank? Please let me know if you have any solutions as I would like to get this new tank up and running! Thank you!
Filtration Problem: Need a creative solution
- Thread starter Zcddrew
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Canister filters should still work. I have seen them raised off the ground to be level with a tank on a stand and it worked just fine. Just see what you can do about verifying it can be used at the same level. Also buy it from a store and you can always easily return it without having to deal with the hassle of shipping stuff back or wasting your money on shipping.
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+1 what kind of canister do you think you would run?
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Cannister should work, if not there is always the good old hob filters
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why would you want to look at your fish so low in the first place? But you could easily put two that large Aqua Clear 110 filters on a 100 gallon tank they work as bio and mechanical and they move over 400 gallons an hour each
A short while ago I had a fifty five sitting directly on the floor but it was ran with hang ons.I had no other option at the time until I built my stand for it...Like Noel I'm just curious as to why you want the tank so low?
as long as the water level is below the entire canister i think you will be ok. i tried this before and the hose fittings that came off the filter were above the water and i had a really bad problem with air in the system. i would use hob just to be safe
I run a Rena xp1 on the floor next to my 75 gallon sump driving a media reactor and its worked fine for 2 years.
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I see no reason why canisters couldn't still work. The AC110 idea is also a good one.
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Moved to Setup and Filtration.
I was planning to use a marineland C-360 Canister but I will look into the aqua clear 110. Thanks for that info. The reason I am going to have the tank so lo is I'm customizing the aquarium into a tv stand below a wall mounted flat screen. I will need to do a bit of wood work for it but I will post pictures as I go along. Thanks again for the info guys very helpful.
