Inlet/Outlet location

[EA James]

Hi all,
At the moment i have my filter outlet nozzle on the back top right corner of the tank. The filter intake (Eheim pre-filter) is on the back left corner about 2 inch's above the sand.
I'm rescaping soon and would like to move the intake across to the right (directly under the outlet) as i'll be able to hide it behind some giant Vallis. I don't like it when equipment is seen!
Does anyone else have this set up? Pros and cons??
I'm looking into a small powerhead to assist in flow to place where the pre-filter was on the left
Tank is an Evolution Aqua 1200 (120cm length 60cm height) filter is Fluval FX-4
Cheer, James

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

would like to move the intake across to the right (directly under the outlet) as

That is how I have mine.

cheers Darrel

 

[EA James]

@dw1305 thats good enough for me! Thank you

 

[Aqua sobriquet]

Inlet and outlet are both next to each other on both of my tanks and it seems to work ok.

 

[EA James]

@Aqua sobriquet ok great, that's what i wanted to hear! What size are your tanks? Do you use a powerhead on either of them?
Cheers

 

[Aqua sobriquet]

They’re only Nano’s, a 60L and a 37L. Both are fitted with stainless steel inlet and outlet pipes, the 60L one has a skimmer. It’s just how it worked out for ease of fitting/maintenance but the 60L has the pipes on the left, the 37L on the right. Picture just after filling the 60L.

 

[Aqua sobriquet]

Sorry, this is a better picture of the pipes.

 

[EA James]

@Aqua sobriquet two nice tanks, i like the stainless pipework.
What exactly is a skimmer? I thought these were used in marine tanks?
Cheers

 

[Aqua sobriquet]

Yes some Marine tanks use a Protein Skimmer. For freshwater it’s just a simple surface skimmer. It’s the clear plastic part:

 

[EA James]

@Aqua sobriquet are these to keep the surface of the water clear, removing bio film?
Looks like a nice clean set up by the way

 

[Aqua sobriquet]

@Aqua sobriquet are these to keep the surface of the water clear, removing bio film?
Looks like a nice clean set up by the way

Yes that’s right. It self adjusts (floats) to the water level and skims off any surface film.