Canister Filter Input/output Tubes

[lmeijer]

Does it matter where in the tank you put the input/output valves for a canister filter? I have a 65 gallon and I just got a new canister and I put it in the middle.

Also my myaca and rotella is leaning in towards the valves, and my plants are swaying a bit, anyway I can stop that?

The canister filter pumps 360 gph and my tank is a heavily planted and stocked 65 gallon.

Thanks.

 

[The-Wolf]

to get the maximum water current in the tank
place the input at one end and the output at the opposite end

 

[lmeijer]

will that make my plants straighten up?

 

[Teelie]

If the current from the water doesn't press against them it should unless they're dropping for another reason unrelaated to the current. If the current from the outflow is causing a problem, you can reduce it by adding some kind of diffuser to the end of the outflow so the water is spread out more and reduces the strength of the current.