NigelK8485
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I built a spraybar for my fx5 and installed it today in order to increase the surface area for gas exchange and because the dual nozzle output only hit about 1/3 of the surface in my tank and I was having to rely on two little Eheim surface skimmers to get the sides.
As you can see, the surface agitation is f***ing awesome. I'm in love with this thing. However as I watched my bichir trying to get a massivore tablet I noticed the poor little guy was being kind of pushed around the bottom of the tank. I love the fact that it is circulating water so well but I'm pretty sure I need to cut back on some of the current. I thought about drilling extra holes, currently I have a 1/8" hole every 2 inches and it's 5 feet long. Would making a hole at every inch help reduce current? The other thing I thought of was closing the valve just a tiny bit on the fx5 to reduce the gph it's turning out.
Or should I just let the bichir get used to the current? He still has his little dead spots behind some of the driftwood and plants that he was lounging about in, it's mainly just in the middle of the tank he was being drifted along.
Do I have any other options?
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As you can see, the surface agitation is f***ing awesome. I'm in love with this thing. However as I watched my bichir trying to get a massivore tablet I noticed the poor little guy was being kind of pushed around the bottom of the tank. I love the fact that it is circulating water so well but I'm pretty sure I need to cut back on some of the current. I thought about drilling extra holes, currently I have a 1/8" hole every 2 inches and it's 5 feet long. Would making a hole at every inch help reduce current? The other thing I thought of was closing the valve just a tiny bit on the fx5 to reduce the gph it's turning out.
Or should I just let the bichir get used to the current? He still has his little dead spots behind some of the driftwood and plants that he was lounging about in, it's mainly just in the middle of the tank he was being drifted along.
Do I have any other options?
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