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Aquarium Setup2007-11-24 23:10:00

I have a tendancy of worrying --if the heater were to touch the filter, and it would break, I would be a little upset and filters tend to be expensive.

Hope I could be of help!

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I have a 55 gallon tank with the 2 hoods like you mentioned. I have the filter and the heater both on the same side. It doesn't matter which side you put them on or if you put them on separate sides at all.

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Dont matter

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doesn't matter

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For that size tank, really anything over 30 gallons, I think it's a good idea to run 2 filters on the tank. The minimum gallons per hour output you should have on your tank is 550 gph. But, depending on what kind of fish you'll be getting, may want it higher. Plus, with 2 filters, if one breaks, you have a backup. It's just better with such a long tank to have filtration on both sides-my opinion.

I have heater kind of in the middle, but kind of close to one of the filters so the water churns the heated water around a bit. So, that's what I'd do, put it towards the middle, but closer to the filter.

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the flow of the tank is the most important thing.but that also depends on the fish you keep. you don't want too much flow when you have fish like angels and such.check to see what your fish are used to then decide if you want the pressure up (in this case you can put the heater in front of the 'water out' part of the filter) or if you want low pressure and have two heaters to do the job for you.eventually you'll want to get a cannister filter (no cleaning for three to six months and no drippy water sound).

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If your tank is set up properly there will be water flow throughout the tank and it does not matter, as indicated correctly many times. Try and see for yourself put the heater next to the filter and check the temperature through the tank. Move it to the other side and see how much difference it makes.