For those that use Seio pumps...

coogarts · 02/28/2006, 01:10 PM

Could you post some pics of your setup? Based off of some recommendations, I'm thinking about putting one in my 20g to replace the PH's already in there; however, these things look they have a very large profile. I'd just like to get a visual for what they look like in a tank.

unit91 · 03/01/2006, 01:46 PM

Hey, sorry about not having any pics... No digital cam. But I just set up a seio 820 in my 44 gal corner tank in the same place where I once had a max-jet powerhead. I can definitely tell you that in a 20 gal tank you (might) be over doing it with a seio. These things produce MASSIVE current. I can tell you that it really isn't that much more obtrusive than a max jet, definitely bigger yes, but not by too much. You can take that cheesy cover off them and set them up to look more like a powerhead than a big internal canister filter... thereby cutting its size by about a 3rd. With my setup... the nozzel is directed downward at about a 25degree angle and is about 5" below the serface... It (literally) produces so much current that it creates a mini vortex in the aquarium!!! And it's dialed down!

02/28/2006, 01:10 PM	#1
coogarts Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 192	For those that use Seio pumps... Could you post some pics of your setup? Based off of some recommendations, I'm thinking about putting one in my 20g to replace the PH's already in there; however, these things look they have a very large profile. I'd just like to get a visual for what they look like in a tank.

03/01/2006, 01:46 PM	#2
unit91 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: BC Posts: 52	Hey, sorry about not having any pics... No digital cam. But I just set up a seio 820 in my 44 gal corner tank in the same place where I once had a max-jet powerhead. I can definitely tell you that in a 20 gal tank you (might) be over doing it with a seio. These things produce MASSIVE current. I can tell you that it really isn't that much more obtrusive than a max jet, definitely bigger yes, but not by too much. You can take that cheesy cover off them and set them up to look more like a powerhead than a big internal canister filter... thereby cutting its size by about a 3rd. With my setup... the nozzel is directed downward at about a 25degree angle and is about 5" below the serface... It (literally) produces so much current that it creates a mini vortex in the aquarium!!! And it's dialed down! __________________ 72gal bowfront fowlr w/approx 40lbs fiji LR + 50lbs LS, 20gal sump. Rena XP3 canister, Remora skimmer 1-Picasso trigger 1-Coral Beauty 1-Diadema Dottyback 1-Six Line Wrasse 1-Percula Clown Current Tank Info: 72gal bowfront w/overflow, fowlr