Can I place the filter in the cabinet under the tank? Do I have to drill ant holes in the tank? Thanks.
1598178
Yes, at lease mine fits perfectly under the stand. You don't need to drill holes in your tank since this is an external filter.
1598179
Yes, as in my case too, you can place the filter under your tank within the cabinet. There are no holes to drill, but you will have to make a couple of slots in your tank cover. These are for the inlet and outlet tubes. You probably already have one for your air tubing. Most of these tank covers have a plastic strip across the rear, with one or two glass plates forming the front of the lid. The back plastic strip usually cuts easily with scissors. Be sure and check out some of the great youtube.com videos on setting up Eheim filters. More good news - the filters are equipped with two inlet and two outlet valves with disconnects between each pair which greatly facilitate the removal and cleaning of the filter without the inadvertent release of water. Again, check out the applicable youtube.com videos. Also, since your filter canister will be within your cabinet, you might find it handy to install within your cabinet one of those inexpensive battery-powered adhesive-backed lights for when you need to access the canister or other stuff within the cabinet.
1598180
You can put it under your tank in the cabinet. You don't have to drill holes in tank tubes it comes with are meant to go over the top corner of the tank.
1598181
Yes, in fact the manual states is must be under the tank. Without at least a couple feet difference in height it can't get enough pressure to work properly.
1286800
Hello. The filter goes in under the sink - its not to big - its easy to change if you can reach it from around the sink. Its even easier for me to because I have my husband do it!!!!!
1286801
Yes, the filter goes under the sink. The only thing visible on your counter top/sink is what you see in the picture.
901814
I don't see why you couldn't although I live the media that comes with it... I just added them to the tank for a few weeks before taking the old filter out
994607
It can be positioned vertical or horizontal..... It can be placed completely under water. Ours is placed horizontal more than half way down in the tank.It is a real space saver compared to other filters.
1271041
It works much better underneath the tank than it would right next to it. This is mainly because of the vacuum effect needed for constant filtration. Hope Thai helps.
843229
We had ours undermounted and had a hole punched in the upper left for soap and the upper right for filtered water. No problems at all.
653538
Yes u could add it between the layered medium of filters or as substrate in the bottom. I have this filter and a whisper mini-power filter for a full 10 gallon tank
569242
I have my tank about 6" from the wall and the back side fit. Not sure the distance between the filter and tank. It's not much
919810
I don't think so. We have a regular whisper filter in all our tanks - the kind that hangs on the side of the glass at the top. The instructions say to place the stone under where the water runs out so that is what we have done.
484984
I don't use a standard filter on these tanks (we have 5 betta fish). Instead, I use a disc bubbler under the gravel for aeration in each one. Love these tanks and their design, but not too happy with Amazon shipping b/c all of the tanks came with at least one divider broken or cracked. Also, don't like the solid glass lids. In fact, I was leaving those off entirely at first, but one of our bettas leaped out of the water while I was at work. I didn't even know a fish would or could do that! So hubby made me some wire mesh covers for them. But now I'm rambling, sorry. If you want to use a filter, I'd get the smallest one you can find. I think they do make filters for 5 gallons and under. Again, I haven't had to use a filter. I use a disc bubbler, and lay it on top of a cottony pouch that has charcoal in it. I have to change the charcoal out only about once every three months. Bettas are so clean and if you don't overfeed, their tanks stay nice for a long, long time. Love the idea and design of these tanks, that's why all my bettas are in them, but see preceding for adjustments we've made over time. Hope this helps.
715311
On mine, when I got it, the little plastic reservoir was already in the bottom of the tank. You just put the plastic mesh piece on top / into it. You run the drainage "pipe" through the hole and then into the hole at the top of the tank. The mesh piece has a little plastic screw, again this was already on mine, and it's placed so it supports the mesh piece, so the larger part is under the mesh. It should be pretty simple for you. I wish I could show you because I'm not sure I did a very good job of explaining. I hope it helps you because I love mine, I actually bought two.
1356721
I bought two and put in the bottom of a 55 gallon tank. Since installing the filters there has been quite a build-up of ??? on the top of the gravel. It is white and stringy (?) and very hard to clean out because of the tank depth! I have had MUCH better luck keeping the tank clean by installing two flow through filters and extending one of the intakes as close to the bottom as possible. If I had it to do over again I would NOT have gotten the under gravel systems.
99636
You'll need to but an air pump to drive this filter. I always get a pump at least one step up from the aquarium size I am setting up. You'll also need an air hose to connect the 2.
261475
I did install water filter under sink and second faucet install in hole # 4 that was in my sink. Looking great.
1643613
I don't think that you can. I am using it in a 75 gallon tank with a fluval fx5 filter. It is not performing like I had hoped. By the way, it has a very funky smell (new out of the container too).
1206409
This tank comes with a below gravel pump, but the outlet tube takes up a lot of the center of the tank. I thought it was kind of ugly, so I ditched it for a side-mounted filter. I'd recommend an internally-powered one, smallest you can find. They make ones which will fit the cutouts included in the tank lid.