Can U Put A Filter On Its Side?

[D4N]

can u put a filter on its side so i can hide it behind my bogwood???

thankyou

 

[WILDER]

I wouldn't could suck the fish up.

 

[Nina]

I assuming you internal filter. If so then it is not going to "suck your fish up" as it is an internal filter and it is going to be in the water whatever way up it is.

I would recommend that you keep the inlet an inch or so away from the substrate if you have sand but that it all.

 

[andywg]

Why would it be more likely to suck the fish up on its side than straight?

You will be fine. The only possible downside is there will be slightly less movement of water from top to bottom as there would be when a tank has the intake near the bottom and the flow from the pump near the top. But this is immaterial in smaller tanks (and larger tanks should have external filters IMO) where the movement of the fish will actually provide plenty of movement from bottom to top.

This is a common tactic when the tank will not allow the filter to be put in straight, I have done it many a time and suffered no fish being sucked into it.

 

[SamUK]

i turn my filters sideways when im doing water changes and there fine then.


think the box for them has a pic of it sideways too.

 

[ajbettle]

andywg, when you said immatieral for small tanks...what did you mean, sorry i couldnt quite understand...and about fish creating movement?

becoz my small tank has a filter with a venturi system (where it blows out bubbles from the nozzle), and they rise to the surface and look really cool, i was wondering could i lay mine 2 inches from the bottom on its side so the bubbles would rise from the bottom to the top looking like an airstone! would this damage it in any way and will it affect the gas exchange at the surface/oxygen levels??

 

[andywg]

I meant that in small tanks the amount of water movement generated by the fish moving around the tank will circulate the water more than enough to prevent there being spots of water that are completely dead. As fish move through the water they will push the water around them and help them circulate.

The venturi system should work fine lower down, so long as you have a long enough airline pipe. However the venturi will not do a great deal for oxygen levels that low down as the bubbles will not be in the water long enough for any air to exchange across the surface and the bubbles hitting the surface will give very little surface movement (I state this having compared the effect of bubbles and filter movement in my large tank - the filter wins hands down).

So essentially, it may look nice (if you like bubble walls) but will probably do less for gas exchange than having the outler pointing towards the surface. However, small tanks will rarely have oxygen concerns as smaller fish have far lower oxygen needs than larger fish (such as bala sharks) unless thye are seriously overstocked.

 

[ajbettle]

when the bubbles coem out of the venturi system when the filter is up right at the top, there is alot of surface agitation as well as bubbles so i think it will create enough oxygen easily

 

[Qays]

its better if you use the normal agitation method, the venturi system propells small bubbles. and everyone knows not much oxygen is exchanged in small bubbles. therefore the rush the filter makes it really good.

 

[ajbettle]

how come it says that they areate and create oxygen...gas exchage bla bla bla

 

[andywg]

To get you to buy it.