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Russ
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Hi folks,
I'm new to this forum and a bit of a newbie as far as planted tanks go. I have a planted 46 bowfront w/pressurized CO2 and a canister filter that I've been learning on and I'm setting up a 75 gallon for the first time. I've never had a tank this big and could use some advice on equipment/set up.
Filter:
I know people don't usually use power filters on planted tanks due to surface agitation, but I like the ease of maintenance with an Aquaclear 110. I was going to set up the filter on one end of the tank with the intake plumbed under the substrate to the other end of the tank to get as much circulation as possible. This would also limit the surface turbulence to one end of the tank.
Another reason I'm considering a power filter is to get a little surface turbulence to keep oxygen levels up for the fish. I lost some apistos to oxygen depletion in my 46gal and added an Aquaclear 70 using a 50 impeller to stir things up a just a little. I haven't lost any fish since doing this.
So... is a power filter a total no-no and this all just crazy talk or could it work well? The alternative, would be to get an Eheim ECCO 2236 and do things by the book.
CO2 reactor:
I'd like to do without a powered reactor and I was wondering if an AquaMedic spiral reactor would be efficient enough for a 75 gallon? Not the AM 1000, which requires a pump, but the in-tank, non-powered one where the gas bubbles spiral up and around.
Thanks for any advice or comments,
-Russ
I'm new to this forum and a bit of a newbie as far as planted tanks go. I have a planted 46 bowfront w/pressurized CO2 and a canister filter that I've been learning on and I'm setting up a 75 gallon for the first time. I've never had a tank this big and could use some advice on equipment/set up.
Filter:
I know people don't usually use power filters on planted tanks due to surface agitation, but I like the ease of maintenance with an Aquaclear 110. I was going to set up the filter on one end of the tank with the intake plumbed under the substrate to the other end of the tank to get as much circulation as possible. This would also limit the surface turbulence to one end of the tank.
Another reason I'm considering a power filter is to get a little surface turbulence to keep oxygen levels up for the fish. I lost some apistos to oxygen depletion in my 46gal and added an Aquaclear 70 using a 50 impeller to stir things up a just a little. I haven't lost any fish since doing this.
So... is a power filter a total no-no and this all just crazy talk or could it work well? The alternative, would be to get an Eheim ECCO 2236 and do things by the book.
CO2 reactor:
I'd like to do without a powered reactor and I was wondering if an AquaMedic spiral reactor would be efficient enough for a 75 gallon? Not the AM 1000, which requires a pump, but the in-tank, non-powered one where the gas bubbles spiral up and around.
Thanks for any advice or comments,
-Russ