hang on filter

hey guys, i planning to hav a 1ft - 1.5ft tank.
inside mayb lightly planted and afew tetras + many shrimps.
Thinking of using those hang on lights and hang on filter.

what do u guys think of it? the filter and lights suitable? any for seen problems?

How much does the lights and filter roughly costs?

thanks in advance.

[Panther]

Originally Posted by reversebungee

hey guys, i planning to hav a 1ft - 1.5ft tank.
inside mayb lightly planted and afew tetras + many shrimps.
Thinking of using those hang on lights and hang on filter.

what do u guys think of it? the filter and lights suitable? any for seen problems?

How much does the lights and filter roughly costs?

thanks in advance.

I'm having the same setup.

HOF ($10)
Lights ($18)

Since you have shrimps, use a piece of sponge to cover the HOF inlet so the shrimps are not sucked it.

Originally Posted by Panther

I'm having the same setup.

HOF ($10)
Lights ($18)

Since you have shrimps, use a piece of sponge to cover the HOF inlet so the shrimps are not sucked it.

light how many watts one? FL rite?
the HOF hor, the flow rate very fast or not? is it enuf to filter the whole 1.5ft tank? and, the HOF durable?

[Panther]

Originally Posted by reversebungee

light how many watts one? FL rite?
the HOF hor, the flow rate very fast or not? is it enuf to filter the whole 1.5ft tank? and, the HOF durable?

HOF flow rate is about 300lph (I think). Definitely enough for 1-1.5ft as I don't want washing machine in my tank. As for light, I'm using a 2 x 9w pl light, but I only use 9w most time as there are 2 switches on the light set.

Yeah, HOB filters tend to be 300l/h. In fact I just bought one for $12 yesterday, comes with a surface skimmer but I took the feature out, looks redundent to me as the intake and output is so near.

I use a 27W lights for the 1.5 footer cause I use CO2 and it is heavily planted.

Why not go for more plant mass? You can use low wattage lights if you are not using CO2, but more plants will means that it will be safer (more plant mass to fight algae and is a helping factor in the nitrogen cycle), looks nicer too!

I have seen cheap lights for around and under $15, around 9W or 7W or so ba, can't remember the exact details.

I felt that hang on filter is best suited for mini planted tank as it is not space consuming and there are various models and flowrates of HOF merely for different tank sizes and volume of water, but one thing to take note is that the splashing of waterfall may splash out to surrounding of the tank. HOF should be costing abt 12-15 bucks. And besides, you may consider to put in other bio medias for better water conditions. I'm using 2 HOF, small HOF on 1ft tank, big HOF on 2ft tank. I removed the original filter cartridge and put ceramic ring and some self-cut filter wools inside the HOF and its still working perfectly.

generally, HOF is much cheaper then other types of filter rite?

Originally Posted by reversebungee

generally, HOF is much cheaper then other types of filter rite?

It really depends, to my opinion I think submersible filter is still cheapest..

Originally Posted by andychen

It really depends, to my opinion I think submersible filter is still cheapest..

erm but submerse type creates washing machines?

oh yah and one thing, hang on filter can hang on those "japanese tanks"?
those with a black plastic rim on top...