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ok all, in my 55g I have a Tetra whisper 60 and a penguin 300 on my 55g, and I just added some female bettas into my 55g with it, and it appears that the water flow from the penguins return is to fast. does anybody have any suggestions on how to slow the flow of the water coming out? i know the whisper has flow control which i have already slowed just a bit

Last edited by monkeyboy at 03-Jul-2005 09:20

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Ive rubber-banded a chunk of foam in front of my Penguin before to slow the output.

A piece of foam will slow down the output flow.


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I've got a lot of filtration on my 29g (4 filters ), but the tank is moderately planted, and I've got a decent amount of decorations and junk (slate, driftwood, etc), so that slows it down to a decent rate...my 8 female bettas don't seem to have any problems with the current

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monkeyboy

I have noticed the mention of slowing the flow by using sponge. Would this not put added back pressure on the pump. I have just bought an Eheim Bioball it has an adjustment for exactly that purpose.

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keeping the foam idea in mind, but someone else just told me to try putting a piece of screen, like used in tank dividers to help slow the flow

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I don’t have any experience with slowing down the stream that a filter produces, but from a mechanical perspective I would be skeptical about placing a “screen” at the filter.

I would think that a filter pump is laid out to produce a certain water flow. Hindering this process will, IMHO, make the pump having to work harder, either because there is a resistance when it attempts to pull the water (if screen placed on inlet side) or push the water (if screen placed on outlet side). In either case I would not be surprised if the live expectancy of the filter is greatly reduced.

But that is only my opinion.

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my lfs suggested to put foam in the inline tube....this is to reduce the intake of water...thus..the flow.

the penguin is an old 300 that i'm not really worried about if the motor was to end up slowing down. i got it with the tank anyway.

i have a few other ides i found about redirecting the water from the output.

or maybe i'll just find the very tall plants and use them to break it up.

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these are both hob's? if so simply fill the water level to just under the output of the filter and the current will just flow across the top of the water. hope this helps

Im talking a piece on the output ramp to diffuse the water more not black it.