JohnC
Member
Hi,
This Venezia 190 corner tank was my first big tank and real go at the heavily planted aquarium. I've been tweaking things over the last couple of years to get ever better growth out of my plants.
I've added a bit more lighting and reflectors, pressurised co2 and eco-complete.
Now in the new year i want to push the most i can out of this basic setup by focusing on the filter, flow rates, water & co2 distribution as well as taking out as much kit from the tank as i can.
Currently the fluval 205 just doesnt cut it for the 174 L of water id like to improve this so...
Q1. Since the tank is fitted with internal piping id like to find a new filter that will go onto the existing piping, does a fluval 405 have exactly the same pipe and value sizes?
Q2. Are there other external filters with the same size piping i should be looking at instead?
Q3. Which inline heaters and CO2 diffusers would work with the fluval 405 or other recommended filters in Q2?
Q4. In the off chance that anyone has this tank and rigged up a couple of spraybars to attach to the existing internal pipework could you tell me of your experience? if not i'll head down to B&Q and DIY something up....
Thanks in advance,
John
This Venezia 190 corner tank was my first big tank and real go at the heavily planted aquarium. I've been tweaking things over the last couple of years to get ever better growth out of my plants.
I've added a bit more lighting and reflectors, pressurised co2 and eco-complete.
Now in the new year i want to push the most i can out of this basic setup by focusing on the filter, flow rates, water & co2 distribution as well as taking out as much kit from the tank as i can.
Currently the fluval 205 just doesnt cut it for the 174 L of water id like to improve this so...
Q1. Since the tank is fitted with internal piping id like to find a new filter that will go onto the existing piping, does a fluval 405 have exactly the same pipe and value sizes?
Q2. Are there other external filters with the same size piping i should be looking at instead?
Q3. Which inline heaters and CO2 diffusers would work with the fluval 405 or other recommended filters in Q2?
Q4. In the off chance that anyone has this tank and rigged up a couple of spraybars to attach to the existing internal pipework could you tell me of your experience? if not i'll head down to B&Q and DIY something up....
Thanks in advance,
John