Where To Place Filter Intake?

[Byron]

That is a good idea on the tubing. The one I have is a Penn Plax Cascade 1000.  Surely they make extra tubing for it.  Actually, if I could find a piece to just connect two pieces of tube, I could cut one of the ones I have and just connect that piece to the other piece and make it longer.  I don't  need hardly any at all for the intake because it is right by the  canister.  I will look into that

 
You can buy connector pieces to connect tubes, but here I would suggest a single intact piece to avoid any chance of problems.  I thought you had Eheim from the photos... anyway, the intake tube and outflow tube are probably different sizes, so make sure you get whichever.  If the filter manufacturer doesn't make tubing in different lengths, you can use other tubing provided it is the same diameter to fit the connections.

 

[julielynn47]

Yay!!  I am happy to say that I put the spigots on the canister, which stuck out about 3 inches, and when I put the hoses on them the outflow just reaches the other end of the tank!!  I have about 3 and half feet more than I need for the intake and the outflow hose just barely reaches. But it does reach so that is great!    So now I have the intake on one end and the outflow on the other.

On the bubbles...I just love bubbles. So I know the tank will have them