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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V2 #880

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V2 #880
From: Harold Pachtman <harold at azpedeye_com>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 12:06:53 -0700
References: <199708070748.DAA10316 at acme_actwin.com>

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> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 18:52:51 -0700
> From: "Frank I. Reiter" <FIR at istar_ca>
> Subject: Optimum current in planted tank
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> Recently, I setup a pair of 120 gallon heavily planted tanks with a Fluval 403 filter on each one.  Continuing with the original plan, today I also added a Seastorm 240 fluidized bed filter to the output of the Fluvals.
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> What would you do, keep the fluidized bed filters for added bio filtration, or remove them in favour of more current?

Why do you need all that filtration and water agitation? I have an 80
gal tank, and have a Hydrostat V sponge filter feeding into a powerhead
into a Merlin Fluidized Sand Bed filter. the output gives a gentle flow
to the plants, and the tank is clear and well filtered.
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