I have an Eheim 2026 canister filter (good "up to 90 gallons") on my 75 gallon freshwater tank. Right now I have only the one betta fish while I wait for my cycle to advance a bit, but I have filled the tank with lots of live plants.
Anyway, I have the outlet bar shooting the water from the side of the tank across the top three inches of water depth (barely makes a ripple) after earlier having it shoot at a slight angle downward. Shooting downward was giving the entire tank too much current (no place for Frijoles Fred to get out of the current except the extreme upper corners). Even now though, I wonder how to reduce the current a bit. Once th angels come in, I am going to probably want less current than I am now getting. Flake food will be shooting around the tank faster than they can gobble it up. I sure am glad I did not 'overfilter' and get the bigger Eheim.
Any ideas for reducing current a bit? I don't want to 'hobble' the filter any, just find a way to diffuse the output a bit.
Anyway, I have the outlet bar shooting the water from the side of the tank across the top three inches of water depth (barely makes a ripple) after earlier having it shoot at a slight angle downward. Shooting downward was giving the entire tank too much current (no place for Frijoles Fred to get out of the current except the extreme upper corners). Even now though, I wonder how to reduce the current a bit. Once th angels come in, I am going to probably want less current than I am now getting. Flake food will be shooting around the tank faster than they can gobble it up. I sure am glad I did not 'overfilter' and get the bigger Eheim.
Any ideas for reducing current a bit? I don't want to 'hobble' the filter any, just find a way to diffuse the output a bit.