Tom
Member
Hi,
I might have to overhaul a plant system in a shop. It's probably a cascade-style system as far as I know, with several tiers flowing down and then overflowing into a sump. Also at a guess, the lighting would be a 150w halide suspended overhead. When the water enters the sump it goes through a very fine mesh sock for mechanical filtration, then gets pumped back up to the top tier.
The plants currently get covered in mainly diatoms within a few days of arrival, which I would assume to combat by raising the light and keeping strict maintenance removing dead leaves etc. The sump is just open space at the bottom, which would limit the effectiveness of bio-media in there - the water would just flow round, not through the media.
Does anyone have any thoughts, experience or tips on optimizing such a system to keep the plants looking respectable until sale (say 2 weeks)? Budgets will be very tight (if any) of course!
Cheers,
Tom
I might have to overhaul a plant system in a shop. It's probably a cascade-style system as far as I know, with several tiers flowing down and then overflowing into a sump. Also at a guess, the lighting would be a 150w halide suspended overhead. When the water enters the sump it goes through a very fine mesh sock for mechanical filtration, then gets pumped back up to the top tier.
The plants currently get covered in mainly diatoms within a few days of arrival, which I would assume to combat by raising the light and keeping strict maintenance removing dead leaves etc. The sump is just open space at the bottom, which would limit the effectiveness of bio-media in there - the water would just flow round, not through the media.
Does anyone have any thoughts, experience or tips on optimizing such a system to keep the plants looking respectable until sale (say 2 weeks)? Budgets will be very tight (if any) of course!
Cheers,
Tom