Twoapennything
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi all,
I have built in filtration on my Marineland Eclipse 3 40 gallon tanks. The filtration is built into the hood and has both charcoal/floss filtration as well as a biowheel. Is there some way to incorporate additional filtration to this kind of set up? I've included a picture of the set up at the end of the post. As you can see, an HOB is impossible because of the design of the hood. I could remove the hood and change it out with another, regular hood, but I do like the aesthetics of the Eclipse hood. Would it be possible to rig a canister filter for this kind of set up, to provide additional filtration? Despite liking the look of this set up, I'm not happy with its functionality, as it causes water to back up and overflow down the backside of the tank. I've tripped our breakers three times because of this -- it occurs whenever I open the back lid in order to feed the fish. It will not be useful to tell me that I should not have purchased this set up, because I already have and it's what I have to work with right now. I may be able to eventually change tanks, but that's not financially an option at this particular time. Thanks in advance for any replies, though.
Julie
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I have built in filtration on my Marineland Eclipse 3 40 gallon tanks. The filtration is built into the hood and has both charcoal/floss filtration as well as a biowheel. Is there some way to incorporate additional filtration to this kind of set up? I've included a picture of the set up at the end of the post. As you can see, an HOB is impossible because of the design of the hood. I could remove the hood and change it out with another, regular hood, but I do like the aesthetics of the Eclipse hood. Would it be possible to rig a canister filter for this kind of set up, to provide additional filtration? Despite liking the look of this set up, I'm not happy with its functionality, as it causes water to back up and overflow down the backside of the tank. I've tripped our breakers three times because of this -- it occurs whenever I open the back lid in order to feed the fish. It will not be useful to tell me that I should not have purchased this set up, because I already have and it's what I have to work with right now. I may be able to eventually change tanks, but that's not financially an option at this particular time. Thanks in advance for any replies, though.
Julie
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