Im in the process of improving/redoing my circulation in preparation for CO2 injection.
I think I need full length spraybars, but I am wondering how I should set it up when I have two external filters.
Would there be a benefit to having an additional full length spraybar running along the bottom back wall, in addition to the standard spraybar along the top back wall?
I have noticed when there is larger amounts of plants and hardscape towards the back wall, the flow sort of bounces off them and heads straight up for the surface, leaving a slow zone along the bottom back. I suspect a bar along the bottom could help the flow diffuse through the plant if the water behind has some momentum it can be dragged through with.
Please see artful illustration featuring Rotala sp. Pinetree (side view of tank)
The standard option would be to run two spraybars along the top back wall, each responsible for their half of the tank. But I find this gives me excessive flow in the substrate zone in the front, and my livestock dont seem to like it much 🤔
Appreciate any thoughts
I think I need full length spraybars, but I am wondering how I should set it up when I have two external filters.
Would there be a benefit to having an additional full length spraybar running along the bottom back wall, in addition to the standard spraybar along the top back wall?
I have noticed when there is larger amounts of plants and hardscape towards the back wall, the flow sort of bounces off them and heads straight up for the surface, leaving a slow zone along the bottom back. I suspect a bar along the bottom could help the flow diffuse through the plant if the water behind has some momentum it can be dragged through with.
Please see artful illustration featuring Rotala sp. Pinetree (side view of tank)
The standard option would be to run two spraybars along the top back wall, each responsible for their half of the tank. But I find this gives me excessive flow in the substrate zone in the front, and my livestock dont seem to like it much 🤔
Appreciate any thoughts