Essjay beat me to the punch! Canisters are outside the tank, to and just have an intake tube and an outflow (usually a spray bar) in the tank. The filter itself, in my case, is inside the cabinet below the tank, and out of sight.
My stand is an antique dining room table for the 125 G on order. The canisters filters have sailed on this one, but as a future reference could I have placed apparatus under the table? I have an vinyl tablecloth on order. A wider one would have concealed any filter ugliness.
Yes, canisters would work underneath that table.
Slap, you missed yesterday’s convo. & possibly previous ones on this subject. I talked to the tank’s manufacturer at Aqueon recently. Tech there says no worries re how much weight the tank interior can accommodate. And he says no underlayment required for tanks of this construction. He adds I can fill it to the top with large rocks should I so desire. Matt has built a strong foundation of 6 posts under the floor. We expect the filled tank to weigh in at 1500 pds. Matt is reasonably certain we don’t need this additional support, but I had concerns as the new tank will sit next to one that weighs ~1100 pds. But it was not a big job for him & he built it to ease my mind.
Still, any stand imperfection will put undue stress on the tank bottom trim...which will translate to the tank bottom glass...foam boards are used for both style of tank.
For American tanks anyway, the bigger the tank, the wider the trim, thus the further from the stand the bottom glass sits....if that makes sense
Whaaaat??? Are you suggesting a 150 yr old table may have surface imperfections? Blasphemy! Things were built to last back in the day.
It does look very uneven in this picture, but maybe that's just the perspective. That carving of a dog underneath is VERY realistic!
