Re: [AGA Member] Planted Tank Room- Central Filtration

[ROlesen104@aol.com]

Aaron:

Good idea and I've been working out a way to do this myself in order to cut 
back on repetitive maintenance like servicing multiple filters, CO2 devices, 
and doing many individual water changes, etc.

In fact, with plenty of plants and a relatively low fish/bio load I wonder if 
one couldn't just plumb the system to constantly add and remove a certain 
amount of water via an overflow so that little (if any) mechanical filtration 
devises were needed.

The question is: how much water to exchange? The equivalent of a 50% water 
change every two weeks perhaps?

Also, how to hook the tanks together: a circulating range system where the 
water flows from tank to tank in a circle or a central sump system where all 
tanks overflow into a common sump where the water is added, removed, injected 
with CO2 and perhaps filtered somewhat?

The devil is in the details.

Bob Olesen


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