tbonem91
Aquarium Advice FINatic
in a recent reaction to my insane amount of equipment along the back wall of my planted 20, I started thinking about swapping out my filters for a canister and swapping out my heaters for an inline model.
I'm thinking about plumbling the canister output to the input of my CO2 reactor, then the output of the reactor to the heater... then to the tank
What canister would be recommended for a planted 20 long and what heater? Would the canister pump be sufficient for flow? and would it fit with my 1/2" tubing going into/out of my reactor? would I need to split the filter output into 2 lines and run one to the reacotr and one to the filter?
I'd also like to upgrade my lighting - I've currently got a double strip setup running 40w and I'd like to get a triple or quad tube light so that I can add some actinic or 50/50s to it for the coloring. my goal is to only have around 3wpg daylight lighting... in looking at all the fixtures and semi-lack of measurements I have become a little overwhelmed.
I'd like to have a light that stands off of my tank on feet but in searching bigals and drsfostersmith I havent really found what Im looking for. Are there better places for lighting?
the width of the tank is 30" so I'd need a fixture to fit that... and it appears I would need 24" bulbs.... unless someone knows of a fixture that has 30" bulbs that would still fit on my tank? oh... and do I go VHO or PC or NO? too many choices....
I know people have planted 20 longs... any advice from you guyz?
I thought I was pretty well versed but plumbing, canisters and high lighting seem to be new frontiers that I'm just now getting into.
I'm thinking about plumbling the canister output to the input of my CO2 reactor, then the output of the reactor to the heater... then to the tank
What canister would be recommended for a planted 20 long and what heater? Would the canister pump be sufficient for flow? and would it fit with my 1/2" tubing going into/out of my reactor? would I need to split the filter output into 2 lines and run one to the reacotr and one to the filter?
I'd also like to upgrade my lighting - I've currently got a double strip setup running 40w and I'd like to get a triple or quad tube light so that I can add some actinic or 50/50s to it for the coloring. my goal is to only have around 3wpg daylight lighting... in looking at all the fixtures and semi-lack of measurements I have become a little overwhelmed.
I'd like to have a light that stands off of my tank on feet but in searching bigals and drsfostersmith I havent really found what Im looking for. Are there better places for lighting?
the width of the tank is 30" so I'd need a fixture to fit that... and it appears I would need 24" bulbs.... unless someone knows of a fixture that has 30" bulbs that would still fit on my tank? oh... and do I go VHO or PC or NO? too many choices....
I know people have planted 20 longs... any advice from you guyz?
I thought I was pretty well versed but plumbing, canisters and high lighting seem to be new frontiers that I'm just now getting into.