AquaHaven
New Member
I reckon now it would be a nice time to share an update on my Fluval Flex 15, as it is coming to an end of the fishless cycle.
This tank started couple of months ago as a completely stock, with some sand, rock and some Maxspect Bio-speheres nano biomedia. Nothing special, but then it didn't need to be. Not much is needed to cycle the tank.
But now, it's very close to being cycled so I thought upgrades are in order. First of all, the stock pump went, replaced by Sicce Syncra 1.0. This nearly doubled the turnover. Since this tank comes with a dual, split nozzle, I thought to add couple VCA random flow generators. Sadly, this created a massive backpressure on the pump which in turn sounded like someone was trying to dry a goat in a washing machine on spin cycle.
And so I've done two things. I removed the split nozzle and only put a single VCA random flow generator, and I glued a bit of silicone hose to the side of the pump, so that it never touches the tank directly. This made things incredibly quiet but also nicely turbulent. My idea of not having to use a wavemaker, however, went out of the window since I don't think there will be enough flow in the tank.
I have also added Spectra/Aqua Knight V2 light. and this is the result. I'm quite pleased!
The idea is to let the GSP grow over the whole back, as well as the sand, and put some softies on the rocks. So, here is a question, what would you think would do better:
1. Two different zoa gardens on each side and something like a single SPS on the very top?
Or
2. Torches on one side and hammers on the other with some SPS on the top?
Any input is much appreciated.
This tank started couple of months ago as a completely stock, with some sand, rock and some Maxspect Bio-speheres nano biomedia. Nothing special, but then it didn't need to be. Not much is needed to cycle the tank.
But now, it's very close to being cycled so I thought upgrades are in order. First of all, the stock pump went, replaced by Sicce Syncra 1.0. This nearly doubled the turnover. Since this tank comes with a dual, split nozzle, I thought to add couple VCA random flow generators. Sadly, this created a massive backpressure on the pump which in turn sounded like someone was trying to dry a goat in a washing machine on spin cycle.
And so I've done two things. I removed the split nozzle and only put a single VCA random flow generator, and I glued a bit of silicone hose to the side of the pump, so that it never touches the tank directly. This made things incredibly quiet but also nicely turbulent. My idea of not having to use a wavemaker, however, went out of the window since I don't think there will be enough flow in the tank.
I have also added Spectra/Aqua Knight V2 light. and this is the result. I'm quite pleased!
The idea is to let the GSP grow over the whole back, as well as the sand, and put some softies on the rocks. So, here is a question, what would you think would do better:
1. Two different zoa gardens on each side and something like a single SPS on the very top?
Or
2. Torches on one side and hammers on the other with some SPS on the top?
Any input is much appreciated.
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