That's gorgeous! I love the plants growing out the top.
Sorry for my ignorance, but what are all of the terra cotta colored pipe like things toward the back?
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
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Thanks! Those are sewage pipes that I have made into filters. Half of them are intakes filled with sponges for mechanical filtration that then pur the water into the remaining pipes that are filled with bio filter media (ceramic rings) for biological filtration (breaking ammonia down to nitrite and nitrite down to nitrate). Works really well bit is too messy to clean. Must evolve this in future designs for easier maintainance.
Ah! That's really cool. They blend right in and make a nice background, so superior to most factory filter systems in that respect. Even many of the factory filter systems are really hard to clean.
My issue is that whenever I take them out to be cleaned, the water flushes backwards and releases too much debris. I can put a bucket in and lift it out, but it gets really heave and awkward to work with
Ah! That's really cool. They blend right in and make a nice background, so superior to most factory filter systems in that respect. Even many of the factory filter systems are really hard to clean.
That's beautiful. I had a 20 gallon setup for a while but my water is too hard and I got tired of battling with it. Yours looks amazing though.
My water is basically liquid rock. Very few plants make it and PH is above 8. In my experience it's better to go with it and adjust to what you can keep in it, rather than try to change the parameters. Rough plants, goldfish or some African chiclids work really well with hard wster
Looks like some huge, happy and healthy fish in there!
Awesome setup :)
Thanks! The fish are still mostly pretty small. Some of them are rescues that I don't expect will grow much. But they do seem happy!
Pretty!
Thank you!
Wow that is gorgeous tank 😍
Thank you!