Setting up canister filter

[IceH2O]

Where do you put your intake and output tubes?

Do they swivel to let you aim them?

 

[misopeenut]

i put mine as close as possible to the corner.
trying to make it less noticable

 

[IceH2O]

One in each corner or both in the same corner?

Wouldn't one in each corner cause a big dead area?

It seems that the flow would just follow the tank wall from the outflow to inflow and anything not sucked in would just fall to the bottom in the middle of the back wall.

Seems more sensible to put both near one another in one corner so the flow has to make a continuos circle to return to the inflow tube,but I guess it would depend on strength of the filter.

If they can be somewhat aimed you could go middle and just turn them to the sides and have them hidden by driftwood and plants.

I just figure HOB has both near one another so placing cannister tubes would do the same.

 

[vitesse]

I put my intake as close to the corner as possible so that my pl*co can eat around it (about 2" from the side) and the return, depending on my mood, goes either vertically in the other corner pushing water to the front or horizontally at the top pushing water to the front.

I've read a lot that says the horizontal setup at the surface works best for water circulation.

 

[RTR]

That depends entirely on the particular setup.

 

[Ghost_knife]

My canister came with a spray bar. I have it across the back and the intake in a hidden Corner.