I am in the planning stages of my first large tank, something like 72x24x30, and had a question regarding placement of my intakes. The plan is to get a reef ready tank, but unless I have it custom built there will only be 1-2 holes drilled in the floor panel and both of those will be used for the wet/dry. I want to hookup an Eheim 2260 or 2262 but dont want the green intake inside the viewing area of the tank, so I am wondering if there is any reason why I couldn't put the intake tube inside one of the reef ready over-flow boxes? or even put the intake in the wet/dry itself?
Eheim & wet/dry intakes
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No reason not to do that, if you're into it. I was considering hooking up my aquatop can to my sump instead of my main tank, but decided I didn't mind seeing the tubes that badly when compared to the difference in flow into my tank that'd make.
As an aside, I'd recommend the 2262 over the 2260. Why get the same thing with a weaker pump? Also not sure if the 2260 comes with valves.
As an aside, I'd recommend the 2262 over the 2260. Why get the same thing with a weaker pump? Also not sure if the 2260 comes with valves.
If it was a tank at my house I probably wouldnt care, maybe just paint the intake black and be done with the issue. But this will be a tank at my business and want it to have a very clean and finished look. I doubt any customer would really notice the tube or think to themselves "hey, that green tube doesnt look right" but its a pride thing I guess since it will be on display to thousands of people a month.
Well if you're having the tank built and this is a concern, I think the most professional/clean way you could do it would be to have an extra set of holes drilled in the overflows. I'd get dual overflows on both corners and put bulkheads in the (extra) third hole and then connect the eheim tubes directly to them. That way it's almost like the canister is built into the tank itself. That would be G.
^^AGREE^^
I have my 2250 plumbed with a submersible pump in the sump and the return going back into the sump. The only reason it works is because I have 1800gph going through the sump so the canister is "sampling" the water as it flows through. If I could have had a drilled tank I would have done exactly as discribed, only the holes wouldn.t be in the overflow boxes.
To make it simple I would paint the back. I have plumbed the intank to canisters through the overflow on a built in and it worked, but, if you forget to turn the canister off when the main return is off, you will drain the overflow and suck air into the canister...bummer.
Anyway, good luck. It is a nice looking tank.