The tank is 24" so the intake is left up towards the middle. Theres a discussion here somewhere about the amount of water thats continually going back into the filter and leaving some unfiltered for longer. The conclusion was to move the intake from directly beneath the output to prevent clean water from being dumped right in front of it.
I totally forgot about plastic tubing, I could probably get some on there pretty snug. Thats why I ask simple questions like this, sometimes the answer is staring me in the face but I'm over-complicating it.
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