My aquarium is 220 gallon acrylic with built in filtration panels that the water flows over and in to the filter. The panels are tall so a lot of floating particles float around in the tank because they are to heavy to float up and go over the top of the panels. My filter is more than adequate size for the tank but those panels are making it hard to work with. I have a Fluval FX5 filter for tanks up to 400 gallons.
MY QUESTION IS, CAN I REMOVE THE PANELS WITHOUT HARMING THE INTEGRETY OF MY TANK ??? The tank is rectangular, 8 feet long by 30 inches deep by 20 inches tall. The panels are attached in the back corners of the tank diagonally. and go from the bottom of the tank almost to the top. They are cut like combs to stop larger things from going into the filter. and they are only about an inch and a half from the top of the tank.
Any advice would be helpful.
2007-04-13 14:32:16 · 3 answers · asked by buzzard b8 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
If the pannels are part of the Tank I would definatly leave them alone.
You may be lucky and nothing happens but If it were to buckle that would be a costly mistake. More than likely for that size of tank you have some sort of water movement system in the tank.
If your talking about leftover fish / food waist particles here is what I would do.
I would suggest you place a few powerheads where the particles are accumulating. To move them around so the canister filter can grab them.
Hopefully I did not read your question wrong.
2007-04-13 15:37:14 · answer #1 · answered by Cammy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave the panels in! Learn how to work with the system that you have,there must be a way to make this thing work for you. Any tank will require gravel vacuuming and other maintenance, and the bigger ones call for bigger tools.
2007-04-13 23:15:20 · answer #2 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't risk it...
2007-04-13 22:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by PinkPuff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋