Powerheads

[subopposite]

Never had a powerhead before, so I am unsure. Do all powerheads come self-sufficient. Meaning that you do not need to buy other stuff to get it to work. Just wanted to make sure before buying one. Didn't know if you have to buy a pump or something like that to get it to work.
I was looking at the Eheim Aquaball Powerhead to be specific. If anyone knows about this specific product, do you know if it is fully submersible. Looking for a powerhead to move the bottom debris around a bit. Thanks.

 

[The-Wolf]

yep imersit and plug it in, there you go
you can buy a filter attachment for them but they are not really needed.

 

[subopposite]

Yeah, no filter attachment needed. Have 3 filters on it already. As long as it is submersible, then I am getting what I want. Thanks.

 

[subopposite]

When we say a powerhead is submersible, does that mean I can put the powerhead 2 feet down in the water? Does the air regulating clamp have to be above water? In the directions for it, it shows the air regulating clamp above the water. Where I want to put my powerhead, every single part of the powerhead would be underwater, even the hose that goes upwards otherwise known as the air regulating clamp. That is what I meant by fully submersible, so is this powerhead fully submersible?

 

[konrad05]

If you want to put it deep in the water, the venturi hose that runs from the powerhead will probably be rendered useless as it won't suck in air. Just disconnect the hose and run the powerhead as it is, the GPH will be higher too

 

[Tolak]

Yes it would be fully submersable. All the air regulating clamp does is allow air to be injected into the stream of water. I've got a few powerheads at the bottom of tanks being used for home made filters. You can just plug up the air valve if you don't want bubbles, or leave the hose off as long as you don't have any fish small enough to get sucked into the opening. If you do want bubbles at the bottom of the tank, you would need a hose long enough to reach the surface.

Tolak

 

[subopposite]

Thanks. I don't care about the air. Just wanted to have to water movement on the bottom to move all the fish waste and such around. Even though I have 1 big filter and 2 smaller ones, I get a dead zone just away from my biggest filter, so that should help clear it up. This is my first powerhead, so I am basically clueless, but the part about taking the tube off to take out the air and in return getting better output makes sense. Thanks for being clear everyone.

 

[bshockstubb]

Watch out for fry and smaller fish...the powerheads can suck them up(i lost 3 danios to this ) when the powerhead broke loose...i would suggest putting a flter of some kind on it....