ndrj1
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- 14 Jul 2010
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I'm planning a planted fishbowl and indecisive about choosing a filter. I've heard good and bad about both, so i thought I'de see what you good people had to say about it..
Although I've found a really good price on the 106 online, I must admit, I'm not thrilled with the idea of having 2 large pipes going anywhere NEAR my bowl. (according to info online, the tubes are 22/16, whereas the Eheim are narrower at 16/12).
I plan to use acrylic lily pipes and a heat gun to mold them to the shape of the bowl in order to make them as discreet as possible.. so this is another factor.. the acrylic tubes need to fit onto the inlet/outlet from the filter.
Again, I'd like to avoid chunky pipes wherever possible, and it seems I'd have more chance finding 13mm acrylic tubing which with a bit of heat and elbow grease should accommodate the standard 16/12mm ahem outlets.
Of course, if any has any experience reducing the size of pipes on the fluvial, I'd rather save a bit of money and go for that... in both cases, both models of filter are overkill. The volume of the bowl can't be more than 45 litres full. That said, I'll be adding an inline C02 diffusor, which I've heard is meant to cut back the flow rate considerably. I may also add an inline cheater, which might affect flow even further??
sorry this seems like a lot of info, but I'd be happy to hear your thoughts.
Best
John
Although I've found a really good price on the 106 online, I must admit, I'm not thrilled with the idea of having 2 large pipes going anywhere NEAR my bowl. (according to info online, the tubes are 22/16, whereas the Eheim are narrower at 16/12).
I plan to use acrylic lily pipes and a heat gun to mold them to the shape of the bowl in order to make them as discreet as possible.. so this is another factor.. the acrylic tubes need to fit onto the inlet/outlet from the filter.
Again, I'd like to avoid chunky pipes wherever possible, and it seems I'd have more chance finding 13mm acrylic tubing which with a bit of heat and elbow grease should accommodate the standard 16/12mm ahem outlets.
Of course, if any has any experience reducing the size of pipes on the fluvial, I'd rather save a bit of money and go for that... in both cases, both models of filter are overkill. The volume of the bowl can't be more than 45 litres full. That said, I'll be adding an inline C02 diffusor, which I've heard is meant to cut back the flow rate considerably. I may also add an inline cheater, which might affect flow even further??
sorry this seems like a lot of info, but I'd be happy to hear your thoughts.
Best
John