Pond canisters in the home aquarium

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Hi guys
I am planning for a large aquarium next year and wanted too know If many people use pond canisters (pressurized filters) with built in uv paired with an external pump on your home aquarium? They seem too be a cheaper option than big canisters ( around 180 here in australia) and you can pair it with a wet/dry 10-12000 lph pump (approx 150) to get superior flow and filtration. Most of these are around 30 ltrs filter capacity as well. I currently have an fx5 and 2 eheim 2060's which are great, but on paper the pond filter out performs.
Does anyone use these? What are your experiences compared too canisters and could you post pics? Thanks.


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Thats a great idea I have thought about as well. I know bio would be great but mechanical and polishing may be a little less than great for an aquarium. Maybe rig some sort of post polish filter like a OceanClear pressure canister by RedSea. They are made to run inlline.
 
Most do come with filter foam but your right polishing may be a challenge. The canister I've been looking at is jebao cf 30 pond filter. Has 30ltr capacity, 11w uv globe and rated for a 12000 ltr pond. You could pair it with a 10000 lph pump. I was thinking on a 10x3x3 I could get 2 of these and use my eheim 2260 for polishing.
I would really like too k ow if anyone has done this ( I'm sure I'm not the first too think of it) and what the results are... Anyone?


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sounds nice, pump looks pretty good. personally I use lagunas I find they last long as are bullet proof to a sense plus they handle the head height much better then other pumps. it will use 100W for the same lph though.

My friend swears by pond filters, his tank is very clear so I guess they must work, I prefer sumps can run more tanks off the one but for a single tank your idea sounds great.
 
Also interested in this idea I have pondered this as well, anyone with some good info on this topic
 
Squirtle919 said:
sounds nice, pump looks pretty good. personally I use lagunas I find they last long as are bullet proof to a sense plus they handle the head height much better then other pumps. it will use 100W for the same lph though.

My friend swears by pond filters, his tank is very clear so I guess they must work, I prefer sumps can run more tanks off the one but for a single tank your idea sounds great.
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Thanks for the input. I guess as the tank will be inside the pumps need to be quiet and electricity being so damn expensive in Australia also cheap to run. Are the lagunas quite? What's the output and wattage? Any chance of getting your mate to post a pic of his setup? :)


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The Lagunas are almost silent well they are. I can hardly hear mine. It does 9000LPH at 100W which is pretty cheap imo. thats 10W less then 2 fx5s ;) from memory the 16000LPH is only 150W so very little increase. The reason I love these even though there are a few other out there that use 25W less (theres a few) they last and are bullet proof. I have seen them be dropped kicked stood on and still working fine and also have a LFS that is using them for the past 6-7 years haven't missed a beat. I know helia (spelling could be wrong) produce a pump that uses less wattage but most say 1-2 years is all to expect.


He dose not use this forum I believe and the tank has been shut down until he moves.

You could always use a sump! Nothing beats a sump.
 
I've also thought about just using large pond canisters, but I like the ability to hide heaters in my sump. It's also relatively easy to change out filter socks from a sump, but some canisters have backwash features that (if they work well) would be just as easy, if not easier than cleaning socks.

I'm running the Max Flow 4200GPH (16000LPH) model in my sump and I really like it. It draws 160W at 9' of head pressure, pushes around 2,100GPH at that head height and it's quiet.

Electricity is also very expensive where I live, so efficiency was one of the main reasons I went with a Max Flo.

Here's the flow chart and specs for the Laguna Max-Flo models, although they are coming out with some new models (I think the smaller to mid sized pumps) that are supposedly even more energy efficient.

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Laguna Flow Chart.jpg

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