Which canister filter?
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- theoretically they don't like a lot of current, yes, but they're also fully river-capable and are wonderfully fluid in-place swimmers in a bit of flow, particularly if you can find what appear to be wild-type and/or wild-caught morphologies(?) with the smaller head & longer body.
You're in Australia- a cold part or a warm part? Is this tank going to be on a verandah a similar somewhere that leaks won't be too traumatic? I ask as most everybody on MFK is averse to home-made canisters (wisely so), but that's about I've used for the last ~15yrs. If you can either get or make the seals (O-rings) then they're pretty straightforward - an HDPE bucket or drum (5~80USgal options), a few PVC threaded through-fittings and a bit of putty-epoxy and you're gaan-clear... more or less. Jaebo(sp?) makes inexpensive & perfectly fine low-wattage pumps that you can either plump into the line externally or put into the canister, though getting the chord back out is another hole, so maybe another point of possible leak.... So first tries at this sort of thing should be on the verandah
My current build is in the hallway, but the cans are in a guttered cupboard that drains into the septic. Ostensibly for cleaning, but... fortune favours the prepared.
Alt, there are pond & even smaller swimming-pool filters that also don't have an in-built pump, so you (again) plumb a nice low-wattage externally. These hack-jobs are all way (way) more work, but you get way more size, flow, control, efficiency & redundancy out of it.
You're in Australia- a cold part or a warm part? Is this tank going to be on a verandah a similar somewhere that leaks won't be too traumatic? I ask as most everybody on MFK is averse to home-made canisters (wisely so), but that's about I've used for the last ~15yrs. If you can either get or make the seals (O-rings) then they're pretty straightforward - an HDPE bucket or drum (5~80USgal options), a few PVC threaded through-fittings and a bit of putty-epoxy and you're gaan-clear... more or less. Jaebo(sp?) makes inexpensive & perfectly fine low-wattage pumps that you can either plump into the line externally or put into the canister, though getting the chord back out is another hole, so maybe another point of possible leak.... So first tries at this sort of thing should be on the verandah
My current build is in the hallway, but the cans are in a guttered cupboard that drains into the septic. Ostensibly for cleaning, but... fortune favours the prepared. Alt, there are pond & even smaller swimming-pool filters that also don't have an in-built pump, so you (again) plumb a nice low-wattage externally. These hack-jobs are all way (way) more work, but you get way more size, flow, control, efficiency & redundancy out of it.
i have some eheims that are over 20 years old that haven't missed a beat. Ranging from the classic 2217s up to a pair of 2262s and also have (2) 2180 thermofilters. i can just tell you that filtration is something that has never been an issue for me and i credit that fact to owning eheims. i can just speak from personal experience.
Unfortunately my veranda couldn’t support the weight of a tank but I might look into home made canistersP Peach02 - theoretically they don't like a lot of current, yes, but they're also fully river-capable and are wonderfully fluid in-place swimmers in a bit of flow, particularly if you can find what appear to be wild-type and/or wild-caught morphologies(?) with the smaller head & longer body.
You're in Australia- a cold part or a warm part? Is this tank going to be on a verandah a similar somewhere that leaks won't be too traumatic? I ask as most everybody on MFK is averse to home-made canisters (wisely so), but that's about I've used for the last ~15yrs. If you can either get or make the seals (O-rings) then they're pretty straightforward - an HDPE bucket or drum (5~80USgal options), a few PVC threaded through-fittings and a bit of putty-epoxy and you're gaan-clear... more or less. Jaebo(sp?) makes inexpensive & perfectly fine low-wattage pumps that you can either plump into the line externally or put into the canister, though getting the chord back out is another hole, so maybe another point of possible leak.... So first tries at this sort of thing should be on the verandah
Alt, there are pond & even smaller swimming-pool filters that also don't have an in-built pump, so you (again) plumb a nice low-wattage externally. These hack-jobs are all way (way) more work, but you get way more size, flow, control, efficiency & redundancy out of it.
Do consider having at least two canisters. It means that if one of them breaks down then your tank is not left without filtration, so replacement becomes much less of a panic.
Also, if you decide to set up an extra tank at any point in the future, you can switch one of your canisters over to the new tank. The remaining filter should still do the job in your old tank and, hey presto, your new tank is instantly cycled.
