i bought a 55 gal tank. There is 2 tank hoods, one for each half, and cutouts for the filter and heater. Does it matter if i put the filter on the left or right? and should the heater be on opposite sides of the filter or same side?
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put it where you want makes no difference as long as the filter is turning over enough water for your setup than it doesnt matter where it is just as long as it is there. For the heaters i personally like using 2 smaller heaters so the heat is eveenly dispearsed through thye tank so one goes on one side and one on the other. If you already have the one heatrer that is rated for your size tank should be about 3watts per gallon than again it doesnt matter. Just spend like 2 dollars on 2 thermometers so you can measure temperature near the heater and another on the other side of the tank away from the heater. Or if you have one of those heaters that can be fully submerged than put it right in the middle against the back wall sideways so you can get as close to evenly dispearsing the heat. Hope this helps and good luck with the new tank.
ADDITION: if you have a canister filter you can have the intake on one side and the output on the other so you can be moving more water in different areas of the tank. If its a hang on back style filter than it doesnt matter.
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It doesn't matter where you place the filter, but the heater should be centered in the tank so one side is not cool %26 the other hot.
Hi there. Well It really doesn't matter which side you put the filter on. I usually base it on my aquarium decor. However, it is probably best to keep the filter and the heater on opposite sides, it has always worked for my 55 gal, and I haven't had any problems.
I have a tendancy of worrying --if the heater were to touch the filter, and it would break, I would be a little upset and filters tend to be expensive.
Hope I could be of help!
I have a 55 gallon tank with the 2 hoods like you mentioned. I have the filter and the heater both on the same side. It doesn't matter which side you put them on or if you put them on separate sides at all.
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For that size tank, really anything over 30 gallons, I think it's a good idea to run 2 filters on the tank. The minimum gallons per hour output you should have on your tank is 550 gph. But, depending on what kind of fish you'll be getting, may want it higher. Plus, with 2 filters, if one breaks, you have a backup. It's just better with such a long tank to have filtration on both sides-my opinion.
I have heater kind of in the middle, but kind of close to one of the filters so the water churns the heated water around a bit. So, that's what I'd do, put it towards the middle, but closer to the filter.
the flow of the tank is the most important thing.but that also depends on the fish you keep. you don't want too much flow when you have fish like angels and such.check to see what your fish are used to then decide if you want the pressure up (in this case you can put the heater in front of the 'water out' part of the filter) or if you want low pressure and have two heaters to do the job for you.eventually you'll want to get a cannister filter (no cleaning for three to six months and no drippy water sound).
If your tank is set up properly there will be water flow throughout the tank and it does not matter, as indicated correctly many times. Try and see for yourself put the heater next to the filter and check the temperature through the tank. Move it to the other side and see how much difference it makes.
