Water outlet

[af2373]

[quote:6c878b04ac="Sleepy_lancs"]af2373,

It would be good to position it in the middle. But I will still put it at the side. Its easier to hide. It should be at the opposite end of the outflow.

I leave the inlet about 5 inches from base of the substrate. This is to avoid accidents. If the hose get loose, at least the fishes still live in that 5 inches of water.. kekek.[/quote:6c878b04ac]

okie.....my inlet is only abt 5cm from the base....heehee....accidents for my plants maybe....

i actually tot those particles within the tank are heavy stuff, so placing the inlet at the lower opp end of the tank would be ideal.....how clever of me!

i'll try yr method and see if the water gets cycled cleaner tat way.....

as for the outlet, a bit tough hor.....quite an eyesore....place slender plants beside it to cover up would be almost useless cos they tend to blow the plants all over.....sigh....

any good ideas out there???

[Aeon]

I place mine at the back-right, with the outlet pointing to the back glass so when the water exits it hits the glass behind and spreads, turbulence is reduced and the outflow is distributed faster.

[robin]

elmike

Thanks for the suggestion for the internal power filter feeding the reactor.

That is a good idea.

Also, I do not have problems with the filter whatsoever.

Cheers
Robin

[PeterGwee]

Use a powerhead instead of a filter works much better. They don't clog up like filters do and flowrate can be better maintained. You can also feed CO2 directly into the suction side (creates positive suction and removes the need of a check valve.) and tied off the injection point at the reactor. The bubbles are atomized by the impeller and dissolves much faster due to more surface area of contact...(one large bubble vs several hundreds or thousands of small fine bubbles.). Hook the reactor output to a rainbar and place it at the bottom back of the tank pointing towards the front would yield a much better response time due to even distribution of CO2 to the plants.

Regards
Peter Gwee

[Green Baron]

[quote:b3ee8620c9="PeterGwee"]Use a powerhead instead of a filter works much better. They don't clog up like filters do and flowrate can be better maintained. You can also feed CO2 directly into the suction side (creates positive suction and removes the need of a check valve.) and tied off the injection point at the reactor. The bubbles are atomized by the impeller and dissolves much faster due to more surface area of contact...(one large bubble vs several hundreds or thousands of small fine bubbles.). Hook the reactor output to a rainbar and place it at the bottom back of the tank pointing towards the front would yield a much better response time due to even distribution of CO2 to the plants.

Regards
Peter Gwee [/quote:b3ee8620c9]
Most people already have turbulet problem with their filter outlet. Won't adding a power head cause even more turbulent ?

[PeterGwee]

Turbulent? Unless the person really oversize his or her filter way too much, it shouldn't hurt the tank to have more circulation (Better CO2 response time and less dead zones.). The point is how the person directs the flow that is important.

Regards
Peter Gwee