Re: Making the jump from a couple of 10 gallon tanks to a 75 gallon
- From: "Glengoyne" <stevenbecky@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 25 Sep 2005 19:38:24 -0700
The continuous vacuum mode has piqued my interest. Not just because
I've tried two LFSs with out finding UGF plates for a 48x18 tank. It
seems like this type of setup could really cut down on maintenance, or
gravel vacuuming at least. How often are you gravel vaccing the areas
without the UGF plates? One of my thoughts about the RUGF effect would
be that it would provide a bacterial playground for good bacteria, and
keep junk from piling up in the gravel. I'm hoping that it would
reduce the amount of maintenance in the long run. Your continuous
Gravel Vac seems conceived iwth the same thing in mind. Aside from the
minor complexity of setting up that configuration, the biggest thing
that stops me from embracing the idea wholly is that bit about a leaky
canister draining the tank. I'd certainly look into drilling the
safety hole in the intake, but with us being new to the whole canister
filter thing, I feel like a leak is more of a certainty that a
possibility.
Since we are talking about water conditions and CO2 injection.
Here is what our tank looks like and our supply.
Tank: Nitrates 80 ppm, GH 150 ppm KH(total alkalinity) 300+ppm, PH
7.5-7.6
Supply: Nitrates 80 ppm, GH(total Hardness) 200+ ppm, KH 300+ ppm, PH
7.8
I'm wondering if I was stingy with the distilled last water change.
The tank is due a change tonight.
Another thing I'll add is that I will almost certainly eventually add a
diatom filter to the mix. Back when I kept fish some twenty plus years
ago, nothing made me prouder than the look of my tank after I hooked up
the diatom for an afternoon once a month.
.
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