aqua_chem
Aquarium Advice Addict
Maybe try moving the intake to the other corner? You should get some bulk flow through there like that, and your taller plants will help hide it a little more.
I had a flow problem in my tank and decided to split the canister outputs instead of adding a pump. It worked beautifully. I have a spraybar and a nozzle output from the one canister and no dead spots. I would've gone with the Hydor too if that hadn't worked out.
DanTheGuppyMan said:Yeah- the canister on my 60g came with a 4 foot long spray bar as the output so along the whole back wall was a spray bar but since it was so long it had almost no current so I replaced it with a Fluval FX-5 output nozzle with the 2 directional nozzles and it has much more current and I can move each nozzle to the direction I want so I don't have many dead spots along with the koralia nano in the other corner of my tank...
I wish the Rena canisters came with a multi-directional output nozzle. That's such a nice option to have. The Rena nozzle is blue which I dislike. Maybe I need to check if I can order the Fluval parts to change mine out.
Update -- 8 Weeks (58 days) Since Planted
So far so good. The Finnex Ray 2 has proven to me to work on a taller tank to grow plants. However, plants that usually turn red under intense light (i.e. Rotala colorata, Rotala rotundifolia, Limnophila aromatica, and Ludwigia glandulosa) are failing to do that here. I'm still going to explore if the culprit is not the lighting and has something to do with the nutrients. Or, if the plants just need to grow taller to be closer to the light. However, I have the Ray 2 on my 6g with the same PPS-Pro dosing regime and, I believe, due to the closer proximity from light to substrate, my plants have no issues showing their colors in this tank. Overall, I'm still pleased with this light -- especially being an energy efficient LED one at that!
Here's a time-lapse side-by-side pic of 8 weeks of growth. I changed the Fluval 306 stock parts that are white, particularly the intake stem and the light grey rubber connectors, with the (older) 305 parts -- a much better improvement IMO.
And more tank shots (multi-angles)