Pond canister, possibly on a tank

[fhawk362]

I saw thes on ebay, said to be around 1300gph, they look like they can hold a good amount of media. What are your thoughts on these, pros/cons, would there be any reason you couldnt use them on a tank. let me hear your thoughts.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pond-Pressured-...ltDomain_0?hash=item519086f9e4#ht_2624wt_1165

 

[fhawk362]

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[sg1717]

LOL, I don't think 18 bio balls is enough... just my opinion tho.

 

[fhawk362]

LOL, I don't think 18 bio balls is enough... just my opinion tho.

haha true, but most canisters don't have that large of a capacity. i'm not comparing it to a wet dry. Anyone else have any thoughts on putting it on a tank, pros/cons, probably won't last a lifetime but seems like a high flow/price effective canister. it's about the same price as a marineland 350 with around 3.75 times the flow.

 

[Conner]

I would think it would work pretty much like your average canister filter. You could always swap out the bioballs for cintered glass or ceramic media, which would increase the surface area of the biomedia, but that probably wouldn't make too much difference.

I don't know if it would work as an only filter on a heavily stocked tank, but it would work well as an additional filter for extra bio or water polishing, just like any other canister.

Plus there's the whole built-in UV aspect of it to consider.

 

[fishbum]

I thought I had heard somewhere that the pond canisters were noisy.If they aren't,I don't see what the problem would be.Like Conner said,because of the limited bio you can add,it might not be a good idea to use just that as your only filter though.

 

[cichlid2006]

if you type pond into the search in this section you will get a few threads asking what your asking. i know nc_nutcase has done it so maybe shoot him/her a pm. i thought about it for a while but opted for a sump as its cheaper and easier to maintain.

 

[Toby_H]

him ;-)

Search this forum for "bioforce 2000" I've given several very detailed explainations of how I used this pressurized pond pump as a "canister" filter for an indoor aquarium...

There is no reason it would be any louder than a standard canister, which is respected as the quietest form of aquarium filtration. The only sould you will have is the noise made by the pump (and properly used quality pumps function silently).

My BioForce 2000 held 4 gallons of water. It's stock media is about 2.5 gal of speonge and 1.5 gal of bioballs. Enough to make an FX5 feel like a lil girl.

All in all my BF 2000 w/ Mag Drive 1800 pump gave me aroudn double the water flow of an FX5 and double the media capacity for around the same price.

Regarding the UV light on pressurized pond filters, they are sized to remove green water and nothing more. Don't expect a 9W light at 1,000+ gph to even inconvenience parasites...