In addition their is a waterfall/stream that live plants rooted in the water provide further filtration. I have one Blue line pump with 2 Ocean Clear canister filters( they don't come with pumps) I have a lot of bio filtration which comes from all the custom rock work that was made in the background of the aquarium. This is very similar to how mine will look. Do those canisters not have their own pumps? And if they do, why have the external pump as well? (( see below diagram))Īnd no worries about the tank draining if there is a leak, I see. and do some cleaning of the gravel ever now and then in dead spots. and clean up under neath the grating for the under gravel filter thingy. bad thing is, ever now and then you still need to up root everything. and gennerally less up keep is needed to the gravel. the gravel / sand doesn't clog up as quickly. and then use the gravel as bio and fines filtering. you can set up your cannister filters to act like pre mechanical / mechanical filteration. that you see many times here on the forum. but water flows up through the gravel / sand. ((my worst enemey))Īnd then some folks use an under gravel filter. were water flows down through the gravel. though this is doing has its own complete set of notations and doings. and just dump the sand on bottom of tank. Some folks don't have grating under neath the gravel / sand. and smear the silicon on in a very thin layer then toss a fine sand over the silicon and let dry. Some folks go for the texture IE take sand and some sort of clear silicon. was worst chore i had to fight over the years when i did have aquariums with gravel in bottom of them. Have the canisters above water level.ĮDIT: OOPS!!! I just re-read there are already holes cut in the tank! The last part is for those who are using un-cut tanks! Put a modified bottom drain on the bottom of this pipe. Put the outflow pipe in the tank from the top running to the bottom. If you want to eliminate the possibility of siphoning after a failure, then modify the bottom drain. Personally, I like the bottom drain idea with a top rail return. The pipes before the loop would still allow water to drain to the level of the failure. also, the only part that would be protected would be the part after the loop. While it could work in theory, you would have to significantly reduce the flow rate to avoid pulling air into your pump. By adding the opening, once the water level reaches the top bend of the pipe loop, air will enter the circuit and prevent the water from siphoning any further. Without the opening, suction would allow all of the water in the tank to siphon out. The only reason for the loop is to create a siphon break in case of pump or power failure.
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