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I have what I guess is considered a nano tank but think that the built in three stage filtration was poorly designed. The issue is that the spill over from the sponge section to the ceramic section is at the top of the tank. It is like a straight left to right flow where, I would think, it should be like a 'S' where the water is drawn into the sponge chamber then from the top vent and then travels through the sponges and then goes to the ceramic chamber at the bottom and then to the pump chamber from the top of the ceramic chamber. Sigh, I'm probably saying this all wrong but I'm not exactly sure how to explain.
If you have managed to follow the above I have a modification in mind and would appreciate input.
My plan is to bore several holes toward the bottom of the plate that separates the sponge and ceramic chambers. I would then use aquatic silicone to attach a plastic plate to the top of this separation to where the barrier is a bit above the top vents which would then become the water input. Seems to me that this would then force the water taken in through the vent to flow through all three sponges before going to the ceramic chamber. Right now the bad tank design only allows about a third of one sponge to actually do anything. I don't think that I would need to do anything as to the partition between the ceramic chamber and the actual pump as that is toward the top.
Also, is it better to have the tank heater in the main tank or in the filter chambers? My guess is that it does not matter if there is proper flow through the chambers. If OK to put the heater in the filter chamber it would make the tank look cleaner due to less visible hardware.
If you have managed to follow the above I have a modification in mind and would appreciate input.
My plan is to bore several holes toward the bottom of the plate that separates the sponge and ceramic chambers. I would then use aquatic silicone to attach a plastic plate to the top of this separation to where the barrier is a bit above the top vents which would then become the water input. Seems to me that this would then force the water taken in through the vent to flow through all three sponges before going to the ceramic chamber. Right now the bad tank design only allows about a third of one sponge to actually do anything. I don't think that I would need to do anything as to the partition between the ceramic chamber and the actual pump as that is toward the top.
Also, is it better to have the tank heater in the main tank or in the filter chambers? My guess is that it does not matter if there is proper flow through the chambers. If OK to put the heater in the filter chamber it would make the tank look cleaner due to less visible hardware.
