Is it safe to hide the heater in a plastic tube on the inlet flow ?

Alan,
A while back, I added a sump (DIY wet/dry trickle filter) to one of my
aquariums. I highly recommend it as it gives you a place to put all
that stuff like thermometers, heaters, etc. Since I inject CO2 on the
return line, I've got nothing in my tank except the spray wand for the
return and an overflow skimmer! Using clear poly for these makes for
nearly nothing to detract from the aquascape and the fish! Just my
$0.02 worth!! Best luck!
-Doug

Alan Silver wrote:

Hello,

I'm planning a new tank and am trying to work out how best to hide the
heater. I am intending on building a polystyrene background and was
wondering about adding a wide-ish plastic tube to the filter tube and
inserting the heater inside this. This would then be placed flat on the
back of the tank, behind the background. At the end of the tube would
either be something to deflect the water 90 degs into the tank, or I
would just have it near on end so the jet of water hit the end of the
tank.

Any comments ? My main concerns are safety and being able to get at the
heater in case I need to. This idea would allow me to get at the heater
as it would be up at the top of the tank where I could reach it. It
should be effective as the water flowing into the tank would flow
directly around the heater. What concerns me is if there are any safety
implications in this.

Any and all comments welcome as usual.

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In article , Doug
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A while back, I added a sump (DIY wet/dry trickle filter) to one of my
aquariums. I highly recommend it as it gives you a place to put all
that stuff like thermometers, heaters, etc. Since I inject CO2 on the
return line, I've got nothing in my tank except the spray wand for the
return and an overflow skimmer! Using clear poly for these makes for
nearly nothing to detract from the aquascape and the fish! Just my
$0.02 worth!! Best luck!

Is this like a small tank underneath the main one ? I've seen these on
marine tanks, but never worked out how you stop the lower one
overflowing.

How is yours done ?

TIA

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Alan Silver