Hi All,
I am interested in drilling my aquariums and installing plumbing for either=
a flow through system with automatic water changing, or a single room filt=
er. I was wondering if any RMLers have any experience they can share with =
me.
Basically I have two fish rooms. One is a breeding room with bare tanks, t=
he second leading off from the breeding room is a plant room with lighting =
and (logically) plants. The reasoning for the separation is due to snails =
in my planted tanks.
My main questions are:
How do you size a pump for the fish room combined filter? I am finding rat=
her conflicting information out there about how to effectively size water h=
ead to determine pump size.
What problems have people encountered?
Is there an advantage to submersible over non-submersible?
Is a common filtration system better/worse/same as having a flow through?
I have found a couple of sites that have given me inspiration, here is one,=
www.anglesonly.com, look under breeding room. Also a neat automatic water=
changing system can be found at http://cichlid-forum.com/aricles/diy_auto_=
water_changes.php
At the end of the day I ultimately would like a system that does away with =
the drudgery of water changes, hence the interest in a flow through system.=
But at the same time, if one is going to engage in the plumbing exercise =
for this, one may as well investigate a combined filtration system.
Given the recent amount of info about carbon and chloramine (here in Brisba=
ne/Ipswich our water is chloraminated), a system with inline carbon filters=
could be a possibility??
Anyway, if anybody has any suggestions and/or comments and (importantly) pi=
t-falls to avoid, I would be most appreciative of any advice.
Regards
Graeme
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