Fluxus System

Cal Aqua Labs' Fluxus System consists of an Influx pipe transporting water from the aquarium to an external filter, and an Efflux pipe bringing clean water from the filter back to the aquarium. Both pieces are made with the highest quality laboratory-grade borosilicate glass and artistically hand-blown.

Influx Inflow

The Influx pipe carries water from the aquarium down to the canister filter. Cal Aqua Labs' unique design places intake slits across wider distances on the stem. As a result, it pulls in water from multiple depths spanning a wider range of the water column. This improves water circulation and allows particles suspended higher in the water column to readily enter the tube to the filter.

Inflow: CAL's inflow contains narrow slits throughout the stem spanning from near the bottom end, to quite high up. The placement of the slits were intentionally designed to cover more vertical area than existing designs. To us, there really isn't a good reason to place the slits just at the bottom. In fact, while they are much easier to manufacture, we found that having slit(s) just at the bottom strains the circulation, as water can only enter at the bottom. Since our outflow moves water across the depth of the tank, we needed an inflow that can take water in at various depth of the column, not just the bottom. Our flowfield tests also shows that they create a more uniform circulation pattern.

The slits on our inflow are also slightly wider and more in number. We want to make sure that enough water can pass through to the pump, and small blockages due to leaves or debris will not choke the pump.

Influx X1 - 13mm - Inflow

- for nano aquariums -

Features:

The Influx X1 is designed for aquariums approximately 15-25 cm (6-10") in height such as the ADA Mini-S and Mini-M. The outflow can be used with canister filters with 1/2" diameter tubing such as the Eheim 2215. The total length of the outflow is approximately 15 cm from top to bottom and has multiple narrow slits towards the bottom end. Each inflow is supplied with one suction cup to secure it to the side of the aquarium.