Sparkypn Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 I have a 100 litre Seahorse tank with a chiller running after a fluval canister filter. Would I be able to run hoses from the tank under the floor to the exterior of the house and have the unit outside. Maybe the filter as well. Distance from tank to proposed site approx 10metres. Chiller gives off a fair about of heat when running and thinking of shifting it outside to remove heat from tank room. Any pros and cons? Hope that all makes sense.....W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 Should be no problem as long as you add a booster pump to help the Fluval. It was designed to cope with the drag in only 2m of tubing, not 20m. A pump with a slightly bigger rating than the Fluval should do it. A small to medium Eheim would do the job well as it can run outside the tank (doesn't need to be water cooled). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkypn Posted December 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 Thanks Warren, I am relatively new to the tank scene can you please explain. Am using a fluval external cannister filter. What sort of pump would you recommend and which line would you put it in? from or to the tank and at which end of line. Keen to learn and goive these little guys the best home I can. Thanks in advance for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 Look at the specs for the Fuval to see how many l/hour it does. Get a pump with about 30% more l/hour. It's probably best placed near or in the tank on the Fluval inlet pipe. As I said in my last post, an Eheim would do the job really well (a bit more expensive but silent and it will go for years + it's ok in saltwater ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 If you are putting the filter outside, make sure it is within the maximum head height for the canister. If you have to greater height between the canister and the tank it will leak water around the top seal. The Eheim pump is a goog idea. Unlike a standard water pump, that has to run underwater, they can run inline. Tube goes into the pump one side then out another. I would go cannister (gravity fed), Eheim, chiller, tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 If your ging to run an extra pump why have the cannister in line as well, it's not going to be of benefit and will add hassles when you need to clean it etc. I would run the cannister on its own and set up the chiller with its own pump. Also cannister filter pump aren't designed to have any pressure on them (basically they run as closed loops), you might find that the pump will get noisy or fail if you do it to long, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Also cannister filter pump aren't designed to have any pressure on them (basically they run as closed loops), you might find that the pump will get noisy or fail if you do it to long, Nah, the pump shouldn't have any problem with it, it'll just lose a lot of flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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