I just got a 180 gallon tank and I'm in the thinking stage as far as filtration goes and this came to mind, tell me what you think:
I've got two canister filters, a Fluval 404 and a Fluval 403 that both work but I know that having to plumb them 40" will drop the flow rate lower than the advertised rate and in my opinion will be pretty much minimal filtration for a 180. So I was thinking about getting a larger pump, like an Eheim 1262 or bigger and plumbing that to power the two Fluvals and just using them as unpowered passive modules. In other words,not plugging in the Fluvals, pulling out the impellers and hooking the two outputs of the Fluvals to the input of the Eheim (Plumbing them with seperate ball valves and a tee) and sending the putput of the Eheim back to the tank.
I'll also be running a wet/dry on this tank, so what do you think? Would the Fluvals and a wet/dry be enough filtration (not going to overstock the tank, more about water movement) or would my module idea work and be a better option.
I've got two canister filters, a Fluval 404 and a Fluval 403 that both work but I know that having to plumb them 40" will drop the flow rate lower than the advertised rate and in my opinion will be pretty much minimal filtration for a 180. So I was thinking about getting a larger pump, like an Eheim 1262 or bigger and plumbing that to power the two Fluvals and just using them as unpowered passive modules. In other words,not plugging in the Fluvals, pulling out the impellers and hooking the two outputs of the Fluvals to the input of the Eheim (Plumbing them with seperate ball valves and a tee) and sending the putput of the Eheim back to the tank.
I'll also be running a wet/dry on this tank, so what do you think? Would the Fluvals and a wet/dry be enough filtration (not going to overstock the tank, more about water movement) or would my module idea work and be a better option.
