otakuoverlord
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Apr 22, 2006
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Hi- first-time aquarium owner with a basic question... I have an 18 gallon tank and it's tall (imagine two ten gallon tanks stacked atop each other) and i am using a 150 as my primary filter. It has a mid-level strainer with an adjustable intake, and I have NO clue as to what it should be set at!
Full open? Closed? Marineland doesn't say anything about what setting it should be at. I don't want to siphon water ONLY from the middle, nor do I want to take it only from the bottom... Right now I have it halfway open, and I don't know which way (positive or negative) I am impacting the filtration. Advice would be most appreciated.
here's a bad ascii image of my tank setup.
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|Midlevel Strainer is here
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|Bottom siphon is here
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|xxxxxxxxxGravel
Full open? Closed? Marineland doesn't say anything about what setting it should be at. I don't want to siphon water ONLY from the middle, nor do I want to take it only from the bottom... Right now I have it halfway open, and I don't know which way (positive or negative) I am impacting the filtration. Advice would be most appreciated.
here's a bad ascii image of my tank setup.
|------------waterline
|
|
|
|Midlevel Strainer is here
|
|
|Bottom siphon is here
|
|
|xxxxxxxxxGravel