NatalieHurrell
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Hi all,
I'm looking to set up an Asian riparium style tank and wondered if you'd be able to offer me some advice please.
The tank will be upwards of 250lts with a dropped waterline (so actual water volume nearer 125lts) and be a combination of submerged and emersed plants. The emersed will have some houseplants in the mix - a pothos and likely a fern of some description. For the submerged part I intend to have Limnophelia Sessiflora and low tech compatible crypts. Floating would be Salvinia.
The inhabitants will be nerite snails, Amanos, a group of Harlequin Rasbora and either a Betta or a group of Sparkling Gourami.
So...
Question 1 - in your experience, there be a ridiculous amount of water loss due to a combo of being rimless and having thirsty houseplants?
Question 2 - I intend to use an Oase Thermo 200 internal, as it combines the heater in it and I am hoping the flow would be suitable for slower moving fish, as it has mini spray bars incorporated in it. Has anyone used one please or alternatively a 200 external with spray bar. Would the flow be too high?
Question 3 - has anyone tried using the clear, plastic shower caddies, that stick to the glass, for containing the house plants? If so, do they stay put and would it be best to use the hydroponic clay balls with a root tab in them or netting and nutrient rich substrate, capped with gravel? Worried too many nutrients will escape into the water...
Question 4 - has anyone experienced any water dripping off leaves and being lost down the sides of the tank?
Thank you folks.
I'm looking to set up an Asian riparium style tank and wondered if you'd be able to offer me some advice please.
The tank will be upwards of 250lts with a dropped waterline (so actual water volume nearer 125lts) and be a combination of submerged and emersed plants. The emersed will have some houseplants in the mix - a pothos and likely a fern of some description. For the submerged part I intend to have Limnophelia Sessiflora and low tech compatible crypts. Floating would be Salvinia.
The inhabitants will be nerite snails, Amanos, a group of Harlequin Rasbora and either a Betta or a group of Sparkling Gourami.
So...
Question 1 - in your experience, there be a ridiculous amount of water loss due to a combo of being rimless and having thirsty houseplants?
Question 2 - I intend to use an Oase Thermo 200 internal, as it combines the heater in it and I am hoping the flow would be suitable for slower moving fish, as it has mini spray bars incorporated in it. Has anyone used one please or alternatively a 200 external with spray bar. Would the flow be too high?
Question 3 - has anyone tried using the clear, plastic shower caddies, that stick to the glass, for containing the house plants? If so, do they stay put and would it be best to use the hydroponic clay balls with a root tab in them or netting and nutrient rich substrate, capped with gravel? Worried too many nutrients will escape into the water...
Question 4 - has anyone experienced any water dripping off leaves and being lost down the sides of the tank?
Thank you folks.
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