can i move my intake pipe away from filter?

[mat1018]

i have a 55 gallon tank with a hob canister filter on the end of it and i want to move the intake pipe to the middle of my tank. so my question is will that affect the proformance of the filter? i have power heads in the tank but i feel like the intake is stuck in the corner and doesnt suck as much junk as it could. so i would use 2 90 degree elbows and stright pipe imo it should work but just need some input.

 

[Fresh2o]

Moving the intake to a position where the most amount of debris can be picked up is always a good thing. You can observe flow patterns by watching where debris (often after tank maintenance) flows, accumulates, or settles.

 

[mat1018]

Yea I already know where the junk is most of the time and I have it in a corner of the tank and its a hob canister so I have it in a good position for the discharge side but the in tank is in the corner and needs to be moved.

 

[DavidAl]

I'm missing something here. It seems like you're trying to add a horizontal extension tube to the HOB filter. Why not just move the entire HOB filter to the center of the tank, or wherever you want the intake tube to be? I think too long of an extension might cause it to lose some flow rate, not sure.

David

 

[CorallineAlgae]

If you can't move the whole filter I'd just add one 90° elbow and leave the intake horizontal. Two elbows really could reduce flow which would be counterproductive to sucking in more debris.