filtration for a planted tank

shriyans · 03-19-2008, 01:53 AM

hi all! i m new to fish forums as well as planted hobby.

i m setting up a new planted tank and using my old tank that has a sump connected to it. i was thinking is it ok to use a sump with a planted tank with co2 injection as sump tends to oxygenate water. pls help

**TheOldSalt** · 03-19-2008, 02:31 AM

That would work fine as long as you avoid using any trickle features. Trickling eliminates CO2 very rapidly, you see. You could still use trickling if you just had to, but you'd have to use a lot more CO2.

shriyans · 03-20-2008, 11:00 AM

thanx for the reply buddy. but trickle and sump is allmost the same thing. bot oxygenate the water. wat do u say?

audzter · 04-03-2008, 03:17 AM

just use live plants so you can balance the CO2 and the oxygen.

03-19-2008, 01:53 AM	#1
shriyans Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 User Feedback: (0)	filtration for a planted tank hi all! i m new to fish forums as well as planted hobby. i m setting up a new planted tank and using my old tank that has a sump connected to it. i was thinking is it ok to use a sump with a planted tank with co2 injection as sump tends to oxygenate water. pls help

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03-19-2008, 02:31 AM	#2
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,058 User Feedback: (5)	That would work fine as long as you avoid using any trickle features. Trickling eliminates CO2 very rapidly, you see. You could still use trickling if you just had to, but you'd have to use a lot more CO2.

03-20-2008, 11:00 AM	#3
shriyans Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 User Feedback: (0)	thanx for the reply buddy. but trickle and sump is allmost the same thing. bot oxygenate the water. wat do u say?

04-03-2008, 03:17 AM	#4
audzter Funny Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Philippines Posts: 34 User Feedback: (0)	just use live plants so you can balance the CO2 and the oxygen.

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