Andrew McFadden
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Mine is planted aswell
Andrew McFadden said:Mine is planted aswell
Andrew McFadden said:Mine is planted aswell
AndrewsPistol said:What do you think about the sw sump? I edited my post to show pictures. Of course I need to clean it up and remove the partitions and use fresh silicon... I could even customize it more....
Andrew McFadden said:Are you using it as your main filtration? Or just to help reduce nitrate
Andrew McFadden said:It looks like you have 3 trays then the egg crate right?
Andrew McFadden said:I don't know what size tank it is but it looks fine. If it was me I'd have at the top 1 drip plate and put filter floss on top of it. Raise the bottom one up some like half way from where it is to the next silicone piece above that. From the inside edge of that I'd add a piece of glass coming up ten inchs or so so the water has to come down then flow over into the planted section. This will keep the water height and the substrate for the planted tanks in. On the other end add a piece of glass a little lower then the one on the other side so the water flows over into the sump but keeps the substrate out of the sump area. So it will only need to be a little bigger then the pump itself.
Andrew McFadden said:Like this
Andrew McFadden said:See how mine only has 1 drip plate and on top of that It's all floss.
Andrew McFadden said:If you went with a big tote I would thing it would be hard to silicone anything to it. Since they are not hard and when full of water it will press out.
Andrew McFadden said:If you want to save this for the salt tank what.other snot tanks do you have?
Andrew McFadden said:I don't know if you have the space height or not but you could take the idea of the 3 tier shelf idea and set it inflow of a tank drill holes in all the shelves to male like trays. So then it will drain into the tank that will hold more water and it will leave more room for plants.