New 4Ft with DIY 3D Background

Pump To Strong

Hey Guys,

testing the pump yesterday and found out its tooo strong, uprooted the plants n send the ADA flying everywhere
its a 1200l and does not have a regulator, is there anything i can do? minimize the flow ??
there goes my landscape

 

Ouch! You'll probably do more damage than it's worth by trying to restrict the flow. What is your total water volume? What pump did you buy? What filter setup do you have - sump, internal?

 

Is it a power head of a canister filter???

Go buy some see through PVC pipe (50cm) that will fit over the output head and spread it over the length of the tank at the top and stop the end piece and drill wholes in the pipe every 2cm apart and let it have like a sprinkler effect....

 

something in this scene:
http://www.welse.net/homepage/gifs/filter.jpg

 

Hmmm...good idea. With enough holes you shouldn't have any flow restrictions.

 

Yeah start with a big piece with holes and if the flow rate is too low start making the pipe shorter to increase the flow rate till what you think is appropriate...

 

ya, looks cool, thanx guys, lemme try

 

how it looks now ...

 

what a mess, my fault i guess ...
gonna try n do a drip bar kinda thing n hope that works

show u tomorrow

 

Goodluck

 

At least the Aquasoil isn't really wasted...it's still in the tank

 

yep, i guess, it does make a bit of a mess ...


anyway, i did make the spray bar yesterday, not a very pretty job or refined sight but by this Morning the water was much much better ...

 

NICE pics on your DIY :blink1:

 

lol, thanx Willem, taken with my BB, gonna try n get another Camera n take Leka pics on Sunday wen water is more clear
actually wanna see how all of this is looking !!


detail of spray bar, not my best work but does the job ( 4 now )

 

Nice man... as long as it does the job for now yeah

 

Early Days, water is good ( cellphone pics ) n all the babies seem happy, need to start on my lights and plants now ...

 

got two plecos yesterday, Leopard/Sailfin i belive but am not sure, they still tiny ( around 2cm ) they dark brown with gold spots and white on the tips of the fins

lfs says they wont grow too big, is this true? dont all plecos get HUGE??

any way they look really cool, as soon as i have a decent camera gonna put up pics

btw, Tank has now got proper sprayer bar and water is Crystal

 

well if you google it they sey 51cm

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/myFish.php?do=view&p=80&n=Sailfin_Pleco_Pterygoplichthys_gibbiceps

 

It's hard to give an ID, and a picture will help so we can wait for that Anyway, if you didn't pay too much for it, it is likely that it is the common or leopard pleco, which can get to 30cm or so. Not all plecs get huge, though - some stay at reasonable sizes.

Can't wait for the next update

 

paid R56.00, the guys at lfs said they quiet rare, L something something
will get u pics ASAP

thanx guys