goldscapes
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Hi there,
I'm in the process of setting up a second hand Evolution Aqua ReefPro 900s aquarium for freshwater use, it comes with a sump.
I have filled 25% of the main chamber (3.5L) with K+ media and tried using a JBL a300 (300lph) air pump to fluidise the media.
The pump size was based on a YouTube video recommending 1 litre per minute per litre of media, in this case 1x3.5x60 = 210lph.
Unfortunately, this was barely enough to move the media, let alone fluidise it.
So I bought a Eheim Air1000 pond air pump (1000lph), which unfortunately was faulty and only one of the two outlets worked, so it's being returned.
I did try it out with the one working outlet and it was significantly better but I'm still not convinced it would get the media moving properly even with both outlets functioning.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm using a pair of 30cm air diffusers like these could they be the problem?
Has anyone succeeded with a similar setup? What air pump are you using?
I'm pretty close to cutting my losses and reverting to traditional filter media, not least due to the noise of the larger air pumps (the tank is in a living room after all).
Any thoughts gratefully received.
I'm in the process of setting up a second hand Evolution Aqua ReefPro 900s aquarium for freshwater use, it comes with a sump.
I have filled 25% of the main chamber (3.5L) with K+ media and tried using a JBL a300 (300lph) air pump to fluidise the media.
The pump size was based on a YouTube video recommending 1 litre per minute per litre of media, in this case 1x3.5x60 = 210lph.
Unfortunately, this was barely enough to move the media, let alone fluidise it.
So I bought a Eheim Air1000 pond air pump (1000lph), which unfortunately was faulty and only one of the two outlets worked, so it's being returned.
I did try it out with the one working outlet and it was significantly better but I'm still not convinced it would get the media moving properly even with both outlets functioning.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm using a pair of 30cm air diffusers like these could they be the problem?
Has anyone succeeded with a similar setup? What air pump are you using?
I'm pretty close to cutting my losses and reverting to traditional filter media, not least due to the noise of the larger air pumps (the tank is in a living room after all).
Any thoughts gratefully received.