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01-11-2015, 10:41 PM | #1 |
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plants for sump tank
Hi All, is it possible to hv some plants in cabinet sump? Wat kind of plants n lighting ( on for how long a day) will be recommended..tks
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04-11-2015, 11:35 PM | #2 | |
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Easy plants like riccia, japonica, nana, some small stem plants which I do not know the names. Lightings just the normal t5. 5 hours light, 3 hours off and 5 hours light again. The rest is darkness. I may try to take some pic over the weekend. |
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07-11-2015, 10:37 PM | #3 |
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09-11-2015, 01:55 AM | #4 | |
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Is it a sump or planted tank? Your deco is so nice, can keep shrimps liao |
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09-11-2015, 08:36 PM | #5 |
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Thanks bro. It is definietly sump tank. I started off with only hornwort only hoping to bring down nitrate for my red aro above (main tank). Once i started it became almost an obession and then goes to having container fill with aqua soil and many japonica and some stem plants. Not satisfied, i deco it and try to do it with the sump pump putting into box and fill directly with aqua soil. Now strict regime of flourish and iron weekly. Before weekly wc now 3 week once wc.
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11-11-2015, 01:14 AM | #6 | |
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11-11-2015, 09:49 AM | #7 | |
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I wipe the glass when i do the wc at the main tank. |
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12-11-2015, 02:34 PM | #8 |
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I thought light will kill off those bacteria in the sump?
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14-11-2015, 11:52 PM | #9 |
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15-11-2015, 12:40 AM | #10 |
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So far ammonia and nitrite has not go above 0 for many months now. So i guess it does not kill bacteria.
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