Share your spot of relaxation
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mattybecks,
I like the plant roots in the water to remove nitrites!
Is it in a PVC pipe? Do you have something to make water flow through the pipe, or is that not necessary?
Is there a thread on this site about what you do?
While the spot is not very relaxing being that it is in my office the tank is about the only thing that helps me maintain sanity most of the time.
Hi Johnny,
Yeah the pothos works really well at keeping the nitrates way down, but you do need quite a few plants to be really effective. It is a PVC pipe, I have attached a 2000lph pump on the one side to create flow across the roots. Originally I was going to put some bio media in there too, but have decided against it, just leaving the space for roots. Below is the link with some pics when I first built it on my 170L, I made the same for my 750L just bigger.
I have made a few changes from the original design, instead of capping the end and making a hole for the water to flow out of, I left it open and put one of those grills from a protein shaker over it. It needed to be way more open as the flow was quite strong.
I have since converted my 170L tank to marine so I don't have pothos on that one anymore, just my little shrimp tank, and my 750L tank as freshwater. In which I have a Jardini who is now just over 30cm with 9 x silver dollars and the 7 x geos. I do a water change as soon as my nitrate hits 20ppm which is about every 5 - 6 days depending if I am feeding heavily or not. Make sure you have good lighting to get the most of your pothos. Two weeks ago I had to trim the pothos down, they had reached the roof and were starting to grow around the light (my ceiling are 3.5m in height).
DIY pothos plant filter
Hi guys, Just thought I'd share my recent build of a very simple pothos filter. At the moment it only has the roots in it, but I am thinking of adding some ceramic rings for a little extra filtering. I'll be making one the same for my 180gal.
www.monsterfishkeepers.com
Wish I could just chill and enjoy viewing my tanks more, but I'm kind of a can't-sit-still type. Went to one of my nearby relax spots today.
Is that a slack line set up? Funny enough I could totally see you doing that kind of thing. Lol
Yeah it is Matthew, ever tried it? Good physical/mental exercise.
