[83mulligan]

recirculation pump

Why not just buy a recirculation pump and pump the flow up through a diy canister packed with filter floss and bio material and then back down through a diy co2 reactor, then return to tank? I've been researching this a little and think it would work fine. I even plan to do this with the heater inside the diy canister and have nothing in the tank besides intake and return lines. Anyone have any comments on why this would not work?

Thanks,

 

[83mulligan]

In line cannister filter

Gnaster,

Feeding water in the bottom and out the top, with 1" infeed and discharge and a 5" cylinder, what thickness of filter floss and biomedia would you reccomend? I may upgrade the tank to 85 gallons and try to establish an outflow rate at tank discharge of 350 gph.

Thanks for your comments.