Plant only filtration (why not popular in the hobby???)

[ITHURTZ]

Link?


Got everything pretty much up and running today. No marble chips to top off the look, blah blah seasonal crap. Maybe Ill eventually order more bio balls just to keep that black color going. Sad to say I should have made it bigger lol I already ran out of room for a 4x2 planter grr.

Egg crate sits 2" above the bottom. Last tank I ran into a problem from the roots growing all over that it was reducing the flow and making the inlet close to over flowing. I think this should help


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Peace lily, defenbachia (sp) taro and dumb cane with bio balls over egg crate


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Added arrow heads and pothos


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FUll shot, would love to add a couple of those plants, but have to see how much room I have once the plants rise up


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5 gallon bucket with twin 4" diy felt socks.


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2 of the monters. 18" butterfly koi and 17-18" pangasius catfish


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One of the little koi is in the pictures, rest of stock is 3 6" pangasius catfish, 1 shubunkin, 1 common goldfish. They always provide me with a nice bio load!

 

[ITHURTZ]

Ill post another pic in a week or so when the plants are finally erect and not all disorientated

 

[Rivermud]

It's good to see people using the fill drain and constant flood growbeds.. I just popped back on after nearly a year and it is growing like mad.

 

[JamesF]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-Outdoor...62?pt=US_Light_Bulbs&var=&hash=item4abbd9a69e
The 50 watt ones are $89.

That pangasius looks about the size of the ones we had for supper last night.

 

[ITHURTZ]

Rivermud dont be a stranger.

James, the 150watt led is the only one that overpowers the MH. But for $300......

 

[JamesF]

Over powers which way? Watts or lumens?
The 100 watt units put out about 9000-10000 lumens. I think a 175 watt MH puts out around 12-13000 lumens.
Similar output and prices, much less heat and power consumption. Just not sure about growing ability.

 

[ITHURTZ]

Ya 13,000 lumens. The 100 watt led is more $$ than the MH I got. If it was the same price I would have sprung for that.

 

[JamesF]

Give it another year and it will be cheaper. The ones I got just over a year ago are now half the price of when I got them. They do and excellent job growing jungle val.

 

[lifeoffaith]

I tried a bog in my koi pond and found that it did ok, though it collected alot of string algae. I also found that the plants tended to gather alot of detritus. My plants were all potted though and results may differ with bare root applications.

 

[ITHURTZ]

My water is prefiltered through felt socks life, was yours? My last tank I had no mech, just dumped into plants. honestly iv never had my water clearer.