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 500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter

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yazs2000
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PostSubject: 500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter    500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter  Icon_minitime7/21/2010, 7:35 pm

hello has anyone ever twined in a External Canister Aquarium Filter? ,i have two 55 gal tanks that i want too twin as one ,i know you can do it with bulkheads and pvc and drill the holes in the glass

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PostSubject: Re: 500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter    500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter  Icon_minitime7/21/2010, 7:39 pm

you mean a Wet/Dry? I have never heard of an External Cannister Filter. I run 3 wet dry systems. i love them.
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PostSubject: Re: 500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter    500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter  Icon_minitime7/21/2010, 8:32 pm

[quote="Joe Reborn"]you mean a Wet/Dry? I have never heard of an External Cannister Filter. I run 3 wet dry systems. i love them.[/quote]


something like that but i don't have much room for all that Wet/Dry setup
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PostSubject: Re: 500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter    500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter  Icon_minitime7/22/2010, 7:53 am

Recipe for disaster unless they are on top of each other and the top tank over flows into the lower one. The you cam pump back into the top tank. To many issues if they sit side by side to overflow one of them if flow rates aren't equal....
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500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter  858205 to risky.
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PostSubject: my fish tank setup   500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter  Icon_minitime10/23/2010, 6:55 pm

yazs2000 wrote:
hello has anyone ever twined in a External Canister Aquarium Filter? ,i have two 55 gal tanks that i want too twin as one ,i know you can do it with bulkheads and pvc and drill the holes in the glass

https://i.servimg.com/u/f34/15/34/80/88/dscf1014.jpg


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thats one of my 55 have one more to go + im going to setup some more 10


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PostSubject: my fish tank setup   500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter  Icon_minitime10/23/2010, 6:57 pm

yazs2000 wrote:
hello has anyone ever twined in a External Canister Aquarium Filter? ,i have two 55 gal tanks that i want too twin as one ,i know you can do it with bulkheads and pvc and drill the holes in the glass

https://i.servimg.com/u/f34/15/34/80/88/dscf1014.jpg


500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter  Dscf1110


thats one of my 55 have one more to go + im going to setup some more 10


500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter  Dscf1111
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Elrollo
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PostSubject: Re: 500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter    500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter  Icon_minitime10/26/2010, 5:51 pm

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/diy/112726-adjusting-1-canister-filter-2-tanks.html

thats looks about the only way to do it....not too sure how you get the water into the "U" though
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yazs2000
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PostSubject: Re: 500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter    500 GPH External Canister Aquarium Filter  Icon_minitime10/27/2010, 9:09 am


next summer i think im going to drill the hole in the glass as its the better way but i got a filter at wallmart for the 55's for now works good


Elrollo wrote:
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/diy/112726-adjusting-1-canister-filter-2-tanks.html

thats looks about the only way to do it....not too sure how you get the water into the "U" though
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