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Aesthetics or Practicality

AverageWhiteBloke

AverageWhiteBloke

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What in the opinions of people in here gives the best results when it comes to getting flow round the tank? I opted for the duck bill type inlet that came with my Aqua One external based on it being similar to a lilly pipe which I would like but can't really have it coming in from the side of the tank and having less equipment on show to distract. Would the spray bar I had in originally give noticeably better results? If folk think the spray bay would be better overall I may have to bit the bullet on how it looks. I'm interested in your thoughts!

Edit* Just found of how the spray bar looked at original set up before I removed it.

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Thanks for your views, what do you suggest for a black background and do you think it will give the effect of closing down space making it look overall smaller?
 
Had another thought, as it stands now water is fired along the back of the tank across the heater. The koralia then pumps down and across the front creating a circular motion around the tank. If I go back to spray bars the least flow would be coming from the far right furthest away from the inlet. With the koralia then firing it back would I not create a dead spot in the back right corner?
 
Big piece of thick card would do for a background or I have used blackboard paint to good effect on some of my old tanks, I think most would recommend the korallia placed in the center of the spraybar facing forward so as to enhance rather than disrupt the flow from the spraybar, I'm using a similar setup up to yours on my opti in my sig two filters one pushing along the front one pushing along the back and a korallia supplementing the one along the front not the most attractive setup but its helping the plants until I can sort out a bigger filter.
 
Managed to swap things round and put the spray bar back in.Do you mean the Koralia pointing from back to front instead of side to side.8575272793_c796fea583.jpg
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No problem mate I've been thinking about what you were saying. Problem is with lid, it only has cut out either middle of tank at the sides or the back left corner. Like you say I need to have a mess about.
Didn't do a journal because I was moving house so got set up in a bit of a rush.
 
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