Hi, don't mean to hijack this thread,but any update on this tank?
I am in the process of setting up a 30l Dennerle nano with the hope of it housing a betta (Imbellis if I can source one) and I also opted for this filter instead of the corner one supplied with the kit. I have also packed the recess behind the sponge with nano filter tubes. How has the filter performed so far, is the water flow ok for a betta?
I have it seeding in a mature tank at the minute but am unsure about the power of the outflow in a smaller tank.
You're not hijacking unless you came here to take over the thread with pics of your own tanks!
Comments and questions are always very welcome.
I'm still running the tank with that filter. When I first got the filter, the inhabitant was a female Betta who had short fins and was fine with the flow. An Imbellis also would probably not struggle too much. The female Betta died about six months ago, and I got a male Half-Moon and was forced to baffle the flow using some airline.
However, I've already had to replace the tiny little pump inside the filter (it was a bugger to find the replacement, as well!). Another constant issue is BBA growing on the black sponge- I've already had to replace it once and it's overdue to be replaced again.
Attaching a photo of the tank when it was probably at its best. I didn't dare fill it up all the way as the female Betta was definitely prone to jumping.
I greatly regret using Seachem Flourite, which is far more orange than it is brown, and I also regret trying to grow a carpet of
Sagittaria subulata- it refused to stay small, and the reason I'm not posting a brand-new photo of the tank is because the Sag choked out all the cryprtocorynes. The echinodorus are still surviving, though, as is the
Rotala h'ra.
