Keetchy
Member
So today I drained down the tank and gave it a clean ready for my return back from AG tomorrow.
Tank
48x24x18 rimmed with glass sliders made by ND Aquatics
Filtration
Fluval FX5 with smooth piping instead of ribbed, Eheim surface skimmer, Interpet gravel cleaner
Lighting
LED unit with blue and white LEDs, White and RGB LED strips outside tank for back lighting wired into a dimmer/programmer
C02
Fire extinguisher, dual regulator, JBL inline diffuser
Hardscape
Tropica Aquarium Soil, bogwood, Seiryu rock
Plants
Java Fern
Bucephalandra Red
Bucephalandra Haedes Purple Blue
Anubias
Mixture of Crypts
Monte Carlo Tropica
Eleocharis Acicularis mini Tropica
Staurogyne Rubescens
Pogostemon Erectus
Alternathera Reineckii
Rotala Green
Bolbitis Heudelotii
Hydrocotyle Leucocephala
Hygrophila Compacta
Heteranthera Zosterifolia
Rotala Orange Juice
Now I need your guys help with positioning the inlet and spray bar, or outlet spouts. So I'm going for an island design so will not have any tall plants at the sides. The tallest part of the tank will most probably be at the top in the middle of the island and that will probably be java fern or something similar. I will also have tall stem plants behind the island.
With this in mind, which setup do you guys think will be best? The first 3 will be using the stainless inlet pipe and spray bar. The 4th option will be using the standard FX5 inlet and outlet.......
Inlet is yellow, spray bar is red
With this one, I'll have one of the outlet spouts angled slightly down and facing the front and the other spout angled parallel to the water surface facing the inlet pipe
Tank
48x24x18 rimmed with glass sliders made by ND Aquatics
Filtration
Fluval FX5 with smooth piping instead of ribbed, Eheim surface skimmer, Interpet gravel cleaner
Lighting
LED unit with blue and white LEDs, White and RGB LED strips outside tank for back lighting wired into a dimmer/programmer
C02
Fire extinguisher, dual regulator, JBL inline diffuser
Hardscape
Tropica Aquarium Soil, bogwood, Seiryu rock
Plants
Java Fern
Bucephalandra Red
Bucephalandra Haedes Purple Blue
Anubias
Mixture of Crypts
Monte Carlo Tropica
Eleocharis Acicularis mini Tropica
Staurogyne Rubescens
Pogostemon Erectus
Alternathera Reineckii
Rotala Green
Bolbitis Heudelotii
Hydrocotyle Leucocephala
Hygrophila Compacta
Heteranthera Zosterifolia
Rotala Orange Juice
Now I need your guys help with positioning the inlet and spray bar, or outlet spouts. So I'm going for an island design so will not have any tall plants at the sides. The tallest part of the tank will most probably be at the top in the middle of the island and that will probably be java fern or something similar. I will also have tall stem plants behind the island.
With this in mind, which setup do you guys think will be best? The first 3 will be using the stainless inlet pipe and spray bar. The 4th option will be using the standard FX5 inlet and outlet.......
Inlet is yellow, spray bar is red
With this one, I'll have one of the outlet spouts angled slightly down and facing the front and the other spout angled parallel to the water surface facing the inlet pipe
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