Canister filter + the Random Flow Generator (RFG) Nozzle

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Want to add a Random Flow Generator to your canister filter?

Canister Filter Upgrade Kit – 1/2in Random Flow Generator® | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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It's a great way of transforming the flow coming from your canister filter and requires no additional electricity, no additional pumps, and no addition heat or noise.

Broad Compatibility​

The biggest challenge to adding a Random Flow Generator to the outlet of your canister filter has been figuring out how to attach it. The good news is the Canister Filter Upgrade Kit with the 1/2in Random Flow Generator is a highly versatility and pre-configured to be directly compatible with a wide variety of outlet pipes and tubes commonly found on the most popular canister filter brands and models. These include but are not limited to:

• EHEIM Installation Set 1 and 2
• EHEIM Outlet Pipe for 494, 594
• Fluval FX 4/5/6 (two kits recommended - once for each side)
• AquaEl
• Marineland
• Oase
• Pipe and pipe sockets with an inner 20mm to 25mm
• 1/2in bulkheads
• 1/2in Schl40 elbow and socket fittings
• 3/4 Schl40 PVC Pipe
• 20mm Bulkheads & Elbows
• and more!

Kit Includes:

• The Patented Random Flow Generator® Nozzle
  1/2in Flex-Series Random Flow Generator® Nozzles – RFG050-FLX
  
  
• New Flex-Series Adapters
  – MPA13LL050 – Metric Pipe Adapter
  – 2025-050 Multidapter™
  – 2530-050 Multidpater™
  
  
• Genuine Loc-line
  Genuine 1/2in Loc-Line® fittings

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Not Just Canister filters
This kit is highly compatible with many different pipe and plumbing sizes from 3/4in bulkheads to 13mm pipes, and just about everything in between.

What kind of flow to except
There is wide range of flow rates that canister filters are capable of providing. based on the the rated flow you can deterring the flow performance you can exact from the 1//2in RFG nozzle.

 

[Bear22]

Would be nice if you guys printed a 3D elbow as an adaptor in order to use these. Your example pic shows a spray bar attachment. Most people who run canisters on reef tanks don't use spray bars because it's a serious impediment to flow.

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

Would be nice if you guys printed a 3D elbow as an adaptor in order to use these. Your example pic shows a spray bar attachment. Most people who run canisters on reef tanks don't use spray bars because it's a serious impediment to flow.

We may have a solution that could work for you - with the include adapters and fittings you can attach directly to schl40 PVC elbows - both 3/4in and 1/2in .

Or, if you using the include pipework that came with your canister filter, many of them use 20mm and 25mm pipe. in that case you could use one of the included Multidapter fittings to add a loc-line connector to the end, and then use this loc-line part:

Loc-Line – 1/2in to 1/2in – elbow adapter

Loc-Line – 1/2in to 1/2in – elbow adapter | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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If you have a specific pipe size that you using - post a pic and a measurement here and I bet we have something that will work.

 

[Bear22]

Would be nice if you guys printed a 3D elbow as an adaptor in order to use these. Your example pic shows a spray bar attachment. Most people who run canisters on reef tanks don't use spray bars because it's a serious impediment to flow.

We may have a solution that could work for you - with the include adapters and fittings you can attach directly to schl40 PVC elbows - both 3/4in and 1/2in .

Or, if you using the include pipework that came with your canister filter, many of them use 20mm and 25mm pipe. in that case you could use one of the included Multidapter fittings to add a loc-line connector to the end, and then use this loc-line part:

Loc-Line – 1/2in to 1/2in – elbow adapter

Loc-Line – 1/2in to 1/2in – elbow adapter | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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If you have a specific pipe size that you using - post a pic and a measurement here and I bet we have something that will work.

The newer Oase outflow pipes measure at 17.8mm OD. I measured with a digital micrometer. It's a bit oddball in size compared to Fluval/Eheim. Would be nice to have a 18mm slip to 3/4 threaded elbow. I've searched for this kind of fitting, but can't find anything out there.

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

The newer Oase outflow pipes measure at 17.8mm OD. I measured with a digital micrometer. It's a bit oddball in size compared to Fluval/Eheim. Would be nice to have a 18mm slip to 3/4 threaded elbow. I've searched for this kind of fitting, but can't find anything out there.

That is an oddball size, but more common than you might think. This is a pipe we have in our library of pipes and fittings that is at around 17.8mm on the OD.

If you wanted to add the 3/4in RFG to this with a 90degree elbow, this is how you could do it

The 2530-Series Multidapter fittings will in fact fit over this pipe. This is a photo of the 2530-075 Multidapter with the 3/4in loc-line connector attached to this pipe:

You can then attach a 3/4in Loc-Line elbow to that

Loc-Line – 3/4in to 3/4in – elbow adapter | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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and then 3/4in Random Flow Generator to that.

Flex Series 3/4in Random Flow Generator – RFG075-FLX | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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We do have a kit that includes most of these parts, so you don't have to source them individually

3/4in Random Flow Generator Flow Kit

3/4in Random Flow Generator® Flow Kit – 3/4 Flex-Series RFG | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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The only thing you would need to add, is the 3/4in Loc-line Elbow

Loc-Line – 3/4in to 3/4in – elbow adapter | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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Optionally, the 1/2in Kit Canister Filter Flow Kit will do the same thing using this included adapter

but with the 1/2in RFG - you would just have to add the 1/2 Loc-Line elbow

Loc-Line – 1/2in to 1/2in – elbow adapter | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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Hopefully that helps get you where you need to be. We could design and 3d print an elbow, but with these options, it is much more versatile since its easier to mix and match to get exactly what you need.

 

[Bear22]

That is an oddball size, but more common than you might think. This is a pipe we have in our library of pipes and fittings that is at around 17.8mm on the OD.

If you wanted to add the 3/4in RFG to this with a 90degree elbow, this is how you could do it

The 2530-Series Multidapter fittings will in fact fit over this pipe. This is a photo of the 2530-075 Multidapter with the 3/4in loc-line connector attached to this pipe:

You can then attach a 3/4in Loc-Line elbow to that

Loc-Line – 3/4in to 3/4in – elbow adapter | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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and then 3/4in Random Flow Generator to that.

Flex Series 3/4in Random Flow Generator – RFG075-FLX | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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We do have a kit that includes most of these parts, so you don't have to source them individually

3/4in Random Flow Generator Flow Kit

3/4in Random Flow Generator® Flow Kit – 3/4 Flex-Series RFG | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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The only thing you would need to add, is the 3/4in Loc-line Elbow

Loc-Line – 3/4in to 3/4in – elbow adapter | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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Optionally, the 1/2in Kit Canister Filter Flow Kit will do the same thing using this included adapter

but with the 1/2in RFG - you would just have to add the 1/2 Loc-Line elbow

Loc-Line – 1/2in to 1/2in – elbow adapter | Vivid Creative Aquatics

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Hopefully that helps get you where you need to be. We could design and 3d print an elbow, but with these options, it is much more versatile since its easier to mix and match to get exactly what you need.

I appreciate you taking the time to fill in the blanks here! I
ll take a look at the hardware you listed as solution(s).