Dual Filter Idea

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
No, uneven distribution of intake and outtake would definitely cause a rinse in water level in 1 tank and leads to flooding
 
A parallel set up, no. Even if you could regulate the amount taken and returned to each tank, there is a good chance that it would vary over time causing need for adjustment.

But if you had the return in tank A and an overflow into tank B with the filters intake drawing from tank B it would work.
 
Perhaps it could be done by using a float to keep the tanks in the equilibrium (like a ball valve that adjusts itself on your outputs). But it would require a lot of calibration, for the supplies and time it's cheaper to just buy a second canister filter.
Evaporation would make my idea pretty impossible as well haha.
 
Bderick67 said:
A parallel set up, no. Even if you could regulate the amount taken and returned to each tank, there is a good chance that it would vary over time causing need for adjustment.

But if you had the return in tank A and an overflow into tank B with the filters intake drawing from tank B it would work.
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Or you could set a a small sump or holding tank (just a 5 gallon bucket would work) for both tanks to overflow into... then filter the water from it back into the display tanks. At least this way both tanks could be at the same height.
 
Oh... one other way you could make this work.... assuming that the tanks are of identical height and are level with one another, you could run a pipe from a bulk head on one tank to a bulkhead on the other.... this would keep the surface of both tanks at the same level even if the return water wasn't balanced.

I'd imagine that this could be done with a siphon tube over the sides of the tanks as well, but it wouldn't be as reliable.

All in all... there is no way to simply plumb the two tanks independently for both supply and return... but there are ways to allow you do it.
 
jhfry said:
Oh... one other way you could make this work.... assuming that the tanks are of identical height and are level with one another, you could run a pipe from a bulk head on one tank to a bulkhead on the other.... this would keep the surface of both tanks at the same level even if the return water wasn't balanced.

I'd imagine that this could be done with a siphon tube over the sides of the tanks as well, but it wouldn't be as reliable.

All in all... there is no way to simply plumb the two tanks independently for both supply and return... but there are ways to allow you do it.
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Yep. ^
 
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