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I thought the breeder boxes might've been HOB's and I didn't know you had mulm in there pretty cool. Didn't see the frogbit or others either, I assumed incorrectly the only plants were in the pots. I'm sorry I missed how much was going on in there, I missed the Hamburg Matten as well.
Yeah, floating plants are usually powerhouses that I imagine would go well with Pothos, etc. Can I ask, is the main rack plumbed into all the tanks? Just trying to give myself a visual as it sounds interesting. Thanks for the more detailed description of your setup.
No worries. I could have written much more clearly .
Here are some rudimentary "flow charts"
Sump is connected to 6 tanks. 3 on each rack A and B.
Rack A was the first and plumbed into sump as a flow through rack starting at top left of rack and zigzagging down, exiting at bottom right.
Rack B was an addition and I didn't want another pump so I rigged it with a syphon from the top right of Rack A. It the goes down into the bottom of Rack B and exits into the bottom right of Rack A. This saves on pumps etc.
From rack A bottom right, all six tanks flow into sump. Sump pumps back water to Rack A top left.
The sump services all six tanks so is setup to be a nitrate sink. The first chamber has ceramic biomedia, some submerged plants and floating plants now with the filter sock.
Second chamber has plastic bioballs, some more plants in pots and some epiphyte plants on things, also an anthurium potted in large lava rock.
Third chamber is where water is drawn out. It contains ceramic cylinders and some floss.
So the sump is a refugium for microbes as well. Been trying to put shrimp in their but they are not surviving. think the planaria are taking them out.
My cube tank also has a corner matten. The space behind is used to root pothos essentially acts as a refugium. It also has a breeder box connected into the space that acts as a second refugium and is about 50% full of mulm.