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Andrew
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 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:54 pm Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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Hi Andrew,
It's a Beauty!!! 
Also, I see that you are maintaining a good water current flow using the 2 lilly pipes placed at the Opposite corners near the water level.
Is this sufficient to have a good water flow even near the bottom of your tank?
I have a single long spray bar towards the left side of my tank which comes from a Dophin 1600 filter and I'm not happy with the water flow as I see the Protein layer formed regularly.
Does a wavemaker help to increase the waterflow for a better circulation?
Thanks,
Karthik
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Thanks Karthik,
whatever type of flow whether spray bar or lily pipe there will be good water flow in bottom also, so no need to worry about that, Most of the people will keep spray bar in backside but i always placed in side of my tank only, i used spray bar only first, when i got BBA kept another filter for better water circulation but the current was too much so i replaced with lily pipe now the flow current is good and BBA also gone, Before placing the lily pipe i checked the flow by placing it in my quarantine tank and poured some ink to see how the flows goes after that only i placed in opposite corner which gives perfect circular flow for me, i use 10mm lily pipe and 16mm lily pipe, i really love the flow from lily pipe because it was good flow around tank and not strong also.
Surface film forms sometimes from your co2 also and if you dose macro and micro on same day also you can see the film or some of your hard scape is leaching out there are many reason for it you need to improve surface agitation or keep skimmer if you see the above pic i use skimmer which comes with sunsun filter because when i changed to PPS pro dosing method i started getting film on top because in pps pro we dose macro n micro on same day to confirm that i changed back to EI not getting the film but I'm a lover of pps-pro dosing method so kept skimmer which comes with sunsun filter but did little changes to it for working better, actual setup doesn't work at all.
yep wave maker will do the job but always follow the 10x rule more than that your fish will be unhappy and will be in stress. my tank is around 200-210 litres and i use 2000litre output and 600litre output but after adding media and all my total flow from both canister will be around 2000 only.
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nice
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Thanks Nishanta  |
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Andrew
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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Hi,
Below are some pic of the plants.
lobelia cardinalis : In highlight this plant really grows compact and bushy
Limnophila Aromatica: This plant also grows compact and bushy with highlight and requires proper fert dosing when i bought it was purple and it started to shoot green leaves and after doing some research some said decreasing nitrates will emit purple, now I'm dosing less nitrates and the new shoots are coming purple but really not sure whether it's because of nitrates.
Limnophila Aromatica and Ludwigia Inclinata Var Cuba
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Karthik1521
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 7:23 pm Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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Andrew,
I find your methods very simple but highly inspiring. Especially the Ink idea was wonderful. However, the more I search on the Internet for the flow. The more I'm confused. I've started a new topic your inputs will be highly appreciated
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:36 pm Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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nice setup....  |
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josyjames
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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| Its always good not to have a dead spot in the tank. Moving water would be always good to have the fertilizer and co2 reaching the entire area of the tank. |
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Andrew
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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Its always good not to have a dead spot in the tank. Moving water would be always good to have the fertilizer and co2 reaching the entire area of the tank.
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Nicely Said Shelly, this is the key point for successful tank Kathick |
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KarthikC
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:23 am Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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Super Andrew. Any updates?
Cheers,
Karthik |
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garothmaan
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:13 am Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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| Awesome, plant placement requires readjustments IMO- but its realy awesome , well made tank |
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Andrew
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:12 pm Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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Awesome, plant placement requires readjustments IMO- but its realy awesome , well made tank
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Thanks garothmaan.
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Super Andrew. Any updates?
Cheers,
Karthik
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the soil in the tank was 2.5 years old and and it's 50% controsoil and 50% fine black gravel so it's loosing it's power now getting lot of bubbles so planning to rip the tank after 2 months. 2 weeks back my co2 got over so it was running without co2 for a week and got a BBA outbreak my my see the stones with BBA below is pic taken 2weeks back
last sunday removed the stem plants from left side and planted tonina sp belem will try to get latest pic |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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Hi Andrew,
Very nice tank.
But somehow Angel is not matching here. Just my own feeling. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:21 am Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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Hi Andrew,
Very nice tank.
But somehow Angel is not matching here. Just my own feeling.
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Thanks Abhi, yeah Angel doesn't suit my tank but my mom love angel fish so i have that for her satisfaction and it's aggressive so i bought this very small some what it got socialized with other fish but when i add new fish it's getting aggressive to them bad babys  |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: My 200L Planted Tank |
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Brother you rocked ...superlike ..  |
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