![]() ![]() I also know where to get wild grass shrimp for algae control. I probably plan on breaking the tank in and avoid the "new-tank" thing and was planning on just growing the plants for 2 months before introducing fish. It was just I never found the right piece of driftwood until today. I'm pretty good with the whole "Feng Shui" thing, even before I knew there was such a thing, so the "Amano-style" aquarium setups interested me. Good or not good for the roots/substrate. ![]() I was also considering DIY pressurized CO2 injection via a bubbleing stone in the reverse-flow, so CO2 comes up from under the gravel. Not a good idea? Does the roots have to be in contact with the vermucilite or can broken down vermucilite help? I was also considering some loose vermuculite under the filter. Is this a good idea to use the reverse flow to replenish the substrate/feed the plants? I was considering using my reverse-flow also as a distributor for stuff like medicine, trace elements, plant nutrient yada yada. I read that a very slow flow of water through the substrate also helps replenish it. I may use vermiculite/perlite mix below the gravel. So if water is flowing upward, is that fine? I am not going to go with a bubbler or a power filter, so there will be no surface turbulence or oxygenation (actually I want a quiet setup also) I read that undergravel filters don't work well with plants in substrates because oxygen-rich water flowing past the roots and promoting aerobic bacteria colonies. I preferred if the water flowed from up under the gravel. I had a undergravel filter setup before and didn't like it. I found this site and I got lots of questions. ![]() Plus they were getting irrate with me wanted to alter the tank's interior. There was a single bubble thing (a bubble counter I found out later) but overall was very quiet and nice looking so I wanted to go with a setup like this, opposed to my friends oscar/cichlid carnivorous "Gladiator" setup. It had a really nice plant setup, which was growing very well and established. ![]()
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