purplecatfish Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 I've managed to convince my wife that I should get a 1.9m tank to replace the 3ft, ( to my wife). Anyway I'm going to build a river tank for my various species of hillstream loaches. So I need to buy a big powerhead that can fit onto the plumbing set up. For those who don't know how it works you have a sponge covered intake at one end with some pvc plumbing under the substrate and up to the powerhead so that you get a unidirectional flow. Therefore the Seio (M620 to M2600) type are ruled out as they don't have an inlet that can fit into/onto a pipe. P.S. All hail my wonderful wife :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 you'll need one which can fit onto a pipe so that will rule out Tunze, seio etc... I would say the Eden ones are good for a river tank as they rotate, but they are not very powerful, the hagen aquaclears or maxijet will deliver more flow ...nothing comparable to seios etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 You'll be wanting something more like a pond pump than a powerhead. Something along the lines of a Laguna PJ5000 or two should do it. How much flow are you looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 I've seen some powerheads that actually fit onto UGF plates. OR. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 24.htm?p=1 Apparently they can be hooked onto piping.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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