My Fishroom Update

[Tinman]

So cool ,That is so excellent. I thought that siphon design gene yos with so few parts.
less parts than mine and superior in flow I imagine.I am gonna upgrade to one that style myself now and add one drain to increase some flow.

[chefkeith]

I've seen the Tom Aqualifter pump often used to keep the overflows primed... ever look at those? There only like ten bucks if memory serves.

Thanks, I've never seen a pump like that before. That would work perfect. If I didn't already buy this pump with the venturi intake I'd go get one of those now. I might get one anyway though.

[chefkeith]

Earlier Today, I got the overflow back up and running again. No leaks thank god. A check valve wouldn't re-prime the thing, so I just used an airline Tee instead because that's all I had that would fit the hole that I drilled. One line is going to the venturi intake the other line is going to the vent and is submerged under water.





Now all I have to worry about is my plants. I decrease the lighting because the leaves are drying out. I'm not sure what else I can do.

[chefkeith]

Everything has been working great since the last modifications. Today, I made some light diffusers (white trash bags taped to the perimeter bracing) so that the plants wouldn't get too much direct light. I hope that helps them.

I have another idea, but I don't know if it's feasable. I was wondering if it would be possible to grow cucumbers in this tank? Anyone think it would work? If I could grow'em, I'd could feed them to my clown loaches.

[Rocco]

You never know unless you try, right?

[Whitey_MacLeod]

I don't think you'll get great results. Cucumber plants need high levels of nutrients to fruit well. Table two in this pdf has some numbers- way higher nitrogen and phosphate than you'd want for fish. I think the plants would survive ok, but you'd only get tiny fruit which wouldn't ripen well.

[chefkeith]

Thanks for the info.

Maybe I should try beans instead. I once heard a story about a bean stalk and a goose that layed some golden eggs. If it's true, maybe I could get my loaches to lay some golden eggs instead.