Newbie Question

[Ningning]

yes, please remove any living things before rescaping or in your case, adding.

[GreenChapter]

Originally Posted by Navy

Hi guys, thinking of converting my 422 with sump tank into a planted. Is this kinda tank suitable? Went thru the gallery & notice all using normal tank with cannisters. Kindly advise.

Hi Navy,

There is actually not much of a problem using Sump Tank for Planted. Just make sure that you turn on the CO2 (5-7bps) strong enough to compensate lost. On top of that, make sure IOS water level is close to main tank water level and the return pipe @ sump tank should be submerged into water to avoid unnecessary water agitation.

A big sump tank loaded with lots of bio-media ensures that you have a stable water quality and is actually easy to manage and clean than a canister filter. You dont really worry about rinsing the media and killing off bacteria because you can just siphon the dirt from the sump.

A good flow and current in different directions help to prevent dead spot, give movements to plants and actually brings about better plant growth. Just like the Star Polyps (GSP) in a marine tank, they are very lively and spread very fast when place in a high current area. Same applies to moss, ferns and cryptocorynes, just that they do not need such high current.

This tank below is a 7ft tank running on a sump tank and have been so for at least 2 years. It uses 2 x 7000L/hr which powered a chiller, an external co2 reactor and returns to tank at 3 corners giving much needed current and flow.

[Navy]

Tks bro Ningning & bro Greenchapter for the input. I'm planning a low tech tank so I may not hv CO2 or chiller.