canister filter???

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no do not. reason being is siphon feeds the water down to the motor. all motor does is PUSH water back up it doesnt suck enough on water. what will happen is no water will go to your canister. you turn it on and you screw up the pump.
 
amehel0;951977; said:
no do not. reason being is siphon feeds the water down to the motor. all motor does is PUSH water back up it doesnt suck enough on water. what will happen is no water will go to your canister. you turn it on and you screw up the pump.
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yeah i thought it was something like that, amhel's right, don't do it
 
ok thnx i guess im going to have to take out some drors( miss spell lol) and mae a shelf then run the tubbing through the back of my dresser..... after i do it ill take pics hopefully it turns out good ;]
 
Canister filters cannot be placed above or even with the tanks water level. They must be lower! If you want a filter to be above the tanks surface, you will need to build a flow through filtration system. These utilize a pump to pull the water from the tank, and into the filter, using gravity to pull the water back down to the tank.
 
TBH Ive never tried it before but the if you think about it a filter that flows 2000lts an hour does not do it on gravity alone, the pump has to suck that ammount of water out of the tank. Once you get the filter primed I really dont see how it shouldnt work. All filters have a max hieght at which they can pump too it would just be that this pump height would be in reverse. Not saying it would work but might be worth a try if its the only way it could be done.
 
no because the impeller is not designed to pull only push. one way to do it though is to get a pumpin the water for input and just let it output.
 
seems like a lot of work just to figure out weather it would work or not!! i hate to say it but i dont think this canister's in for a good ride lol. not to a smart a** or anything but using a canister filter in reverse will not work either because then the media gets switched around. look at a diagram of how one works and then you will see!! if you inject water from the top, the output needs to be on the bottom of the canister otherwise you not even sending the water through the filters, your just pushing water in and then out again defeating the whole purpose!! (maybe, maybe not) lets see what Dr. Joe thinks!!
 
Short answer NO. A canister filter must be below the input pickup level. Read your instructions it should be in there.
 
Canister filters cannot be placed above the water line period. It will not work, the canister will not filter anything, and your pump will die.

That being said FAR TOO MANY TIMES, this thread is closed.
 
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