Re: [GSAS-Member] New 20 gal: looking for foreground plants; also, cannister filter brand tips?

[Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>]

The Magnum canister fliters work well too.But they are harder to disconnect 
than the Fluval canisters...I have this along with the internal fluval on my 
55....

A canister is always better for most tanks if it will work. It will keep it 
much cleaner. You really can not over filter...

Trish


--- On Wed, 4/30/08, Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com> wrote:

> From: Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com>
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] New 20 gal: looking for foreground plants; also, 
> cannister filter brand tips?
> To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat" <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 4:18 PM
> I am not necessarily opposed to something like potting soil
> underneath--as
> long as it's cheap and easy I'll try it. :)
> 
> Bioload will probably be high, which is why I want to go
> cannister. Trish,
> those in-tank filters look good, but I will have a pair of
> meat-eating
> ropefish in the tank and I want an excess of filter
> capacity. Also, a
> cannister should be easier to clean at work--I can unhook
> it and take it to
> the restroom sink.
> 
> If I could get a riccia carpet, I would be a happy man!
> 
> Thanks everyone.
> 
> - MS
> 
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Betty Goetz
> <haika@drizzle.com> wrote:
> 
> > A 20 long is low enough to function like my tanks, I
> figure. I get great
> > growth from rotala, riccia, java moss and ferns and
> some crypts. I usually
> > just have 2 strip lights over the tanks or position
> them so they get some
> > natural light. However, I don't mess with anything
> other than a sponge
> > filter, have low bioloads, and usually have potting
> soil under a gravel
> > overlayer, so it's quite a different set up than
> you are talking about.
> > I'm very much the low-tech person (wink). And I
> probably have snails and
> > either utricularia (which I consider a pest) or hair
> algae (low volumes
> > controlled by red cherry shrimp) so you may not be
> interested in plants
> > from my tanks although I'm happy to share (smile).
> >
> > Betty Goetz
> >
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