AquariumFatasies said the following on 12/31/2007 8:58 PM:
> On Dec 31, 7:40 pm, Randy Webb <HikksNotAtH...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> <URL:http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/hikksnotathome/fishtank/index.html>
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>> If, for some reason, the pictures don't load, let me know and I can
>> email them directly to you. The very last picture the power head is not
>> attached with tie strips because I bought a kit to mount the power head
>> on the back of the tank with suction cups and found the filters for
>> power heads. They were simply put on in an X pattern so that they
didn't
>> lock the filter into the rock.
>>
>> For yours, if it doesn't have an intake tube, and only has an inlet
>> area, you can use a piece of air conditioner filter for a window unit,
>> wrap your pump in it, and use rubber bands to hold it on.
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> I am not knocking youir filter, but to be h onest I sure wuld not
> want all that in the tank.
OK, so you wouldn't want a rock, a power head and a filter in a tank.
Novel idea. JFTR, it is in a 55 gallon tank and it is actually small for
that size tank.
> IMHO its just as easy to stick a strainer piece into the powerheads
> inlet tube and if needed then slip on a foam / sponge filter sleeve
> that tyupically comes with a Pondmaster or Danner Mag 3 or 5 sized
> piump or use the foam sponge filters that are made for the Maxi Jet
> like of pumps.............
Hmmm. Have you read the entire thread? Perhaps you should and you will
come to realize why I used what I did. I used it for more reasons than
just the filter.
An even easier solution would have been to get a strainer for the power
head and then put a sponge filter on it. Not near as much satisfaction
in it though.
> The "rock" appears to be a ****tion of concrete that was evidenlty poured
> around a 4 x 4 post or so and it appears to be almost as big around as
> the bottom of that bucket............
Nice to see you agree with my description of it. And yes, it is almost
as big around as the five gallon bucket I had it sitting on.
> just way too much "material" for a little 4 x 4 area of foam to be
> exposed and do the work.
Actually, there is twice that much area of filter exposed (It isn't
actually foam, it is a plastic media for wet/dry filters). The exposed
area of the filter is also on the bottom of it. And, testing it with a
flow meter from the local reef store shows that I do not have restricted
flow. The output is the same with and without the filter on the power
head. The advantage I have is more area for biological filtration. I
wouldn't even begin to guess at the surface area of the filter itself.
> A typical foam filter sleeve has approx the same square inches of
> fitler surface and needs no "rock"
I can't find filter sleeves where I live. I don't order from the
Internet for personal reasons. I prefer to see what I am buying before I
buy it so I can make sure it is going to work. The only filter sleeves
you can find here are if you buy another power head to go with it. I
need another power head about as much as Methuselah needs another does
of ugliness.
Second problem is that without the rock, the filter I have has enough
buoyancy that it will actually float my power head in the tank. I could
buy a suction cup setup to mount it to the side of the tank but I chose
not to. I actually like the rock.
In the end, it is nothing more than a way to show people how they can
come up with ideas/solutions of there own. Whether it is by choice or by
need.
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Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
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