darkangel Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 My 10 gal heavily planted shrimp & Galaxy rasbora tank is being up graded to a 29 gal. Tank will be heavily planted (80 to90%) 4x24 watt T-5's & Co2. My options for filters are a fluval 303 canister or 2x A/C 50 but with the Co2 the A/C's will cause too much surface movement and the Co2 will be useless. The only other spare filter I have is an FX5, a little overkill for a 29 gal. I could also use a powerhead on a large sponge filter, hide it behind the plants and connect a spraybar to the outlet on the powerhead. Any other suggestions are welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 (edited) A Fluval 205 would be suitable i've got a 305 on my 45, but I don't know about a 29 gallon...I guess you could try? And on second thought...since it's heavily planted...you could just use a smaller submersible like one of the rays or the new fluvals...just a thought. Edited September 15, 2009 by Wingin' It Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 (edited) The powerhead on a sponge would be fine (that's what I have in my planted shrimp/snail tank). The Fluval 303 could work, too. Maybe stick a T in the output to split it up a bit and slow things down a bit - or just dial back the valves. Edited September 15, 2009 by jvision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkangel Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 The powerhead on a sponge would be fine (that's what I have in my planted shrimp/snail tank). The Fluval 303 could work, too. Maybe stick a T in the output to split it up a bit and slow things down a bit - or just dial back the valves. I was thinking the fluval. I want to try and T it off and put 2 spraybars on it so I can have one at the substrate pointed up and one just below the surface pointed accross and down like I have in my 72. The powerhead sounds good too, I just don't want to put it all together to find out I don't like it and tear it all apart again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 If you're going for looks, the Fluval is definitely less invassive... just a couple small pipes. If you want to slow things down a bit, get some 90* joints from RONA to go around all the corners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkangel Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Thanks Jason, I have all the plumbing goodies here. I will be making my own spraybars from clear rigid tubing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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