Thomas McMillan
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I haven't really had a look at it prooperly yet but I'm going to be setting up a Fluval 105 within the next week or so for my first proper planted tank. It's my first external filter too and it looks much more confusing than good ol' internals!
Just a few questions though:
I've heard that carbon pads aren't good for planted tanks because they remove carbon from the water that plants need? I won't be injecting co2 but am using excel and tpn+. Will i need to remove the carbon pads (i assume the 105 has them)?
Also, there was only one tube in the box. As i said, i haven't had a good look at the instructions but surely there needs to be two tubes - one for the intake one for the outake? or am i missing something...
cheers
Just a few questions though:
I've heard that carbon pads aren't good for planted tanks because they remove carbon from the water that plants need? I won't be injecting co2 but am using excel and tpn+. Will i need to remove the carbon pads (i assume the 105 has them)?
Also, there was only one tube in the box. As i said, i haven't had a good look at the instructions but surely there needs to be two tubes - one for the intake one for the outake? or am i missing something...
cheers