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Hi,
Im wondering in your opinionm, would an aquaclear powerhead 101 work in order to help me make a water fall in my terrarium/paladarium ?

I was looking at micro-jet powerheads but I just cant find the darn things lol

Well powerheads need to remain under the water to work, so unless you've got some type of extension for the outflow it might not work so well....and if you can figure it out...please post and let me know because I've been trying to do the same thing in my tall hex tank .

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Depends on the height you want it to pump on how effective it will be.

You can try and rig one up, shouldn't be too hard to bring the powerhead to the hardware store and get some tubing that fits snugly over the exhaust to run it where you want.

Or you could get a utility pump that's meant for it and actually pumps twice as more for a comparable price. Bigalsonline has a variety of pumps to fit your needs. From your basic 2-300gph (no height, gets less as you add height, obviously) to something wild as a mag drive that'll drain your olympic sized pool in a matter of hours.

It's doable, but you just gotta snag up some tubing at the hardware store.

There is at least 6 inches of water if tht makes a difference

how high do you plan on pumping it?

Im leading the water that is being pushed out of the filter through a pipe to help create a waterfall. So pretty much straight and there will be a hose attached to the output.

i'll ask again.. how high?

Here's some smaller pumps at Drs Foster & Smith, but I don't know if they'll have the umphh needed . Look at both pages.

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about 1-2 inches or probably even down 1-2 inches.

oh, that'll work just fine then!

Just play around with tubing sizes that'll fit, and keep the PH from getting clogged