I beleive you asked abotu pros/cons to plumbing a canister into a drilled hole in the bottom of the tank.
As I mentioend, yes it's possible...
The pros I see would be it makes one less pipe going into the tank... and puts the filter intake at the bottom of the tank...
Either of these pros could be compensated with standard plumbing by extending the intake down lower and placing it stratigically to hide it...
Some of the bigger Cons I see is if the worse case senerio were to happen, the full volume of the tank could be leaked onto the floor. With typical plumbing the tank would only drain to the level of the intake/return and placing a small hole in the intake/return slightly below the water line can ensure very little water could ever drain out.
Another Con is this limits the placement of both the filters intake and the filters placement under the tank. It also makes removal of the filter for maintenance a little more complicated/risky.
Again, it is certainly possible to set it up this way. I just do not feel the benefits outweight the risks...
As I mentioend, yes it's possible...
The pros I see would be it makes one less pipe going into the tank... and puts the filter intake at the bottom of the tank...
Either of these pros could be compensated with standard plumbing by extending the intake down lower and placing it stratigically to hide it...
Some of the bigger Cons I see is if the worse case senerio were to happen, the full volume of the tank could be leaked onto the floor. With typical plumbing the tank would only drain to the level of the intake/return and placing a small hole in the intake/return slightly below the water line can ensure very little water could ever drain out.
Another Con is this limits the placement of both the filters intake and the filters placement under the tank. It also makes removal of the filter for maintenance a little more complicated/risky.
Again, it is certainly possible to set it up this way. I just do not feel the benefits outweight the risks...
