60 gallon breeder with a fluval 407. I just installed the spray bar. Prior to this the outflow I had against a corner because the flow was much too much for my Betta. I'm curious if this is too much surface agitation and flow still. I currently have the 407 at 80% so I can turn it up or down. Concerned it's too much for the Betta and water lettuce, but I want a lot of oxygenation and of course filtration.
Ignore the cloudiness please, I accidentally dropped the spray bar and it kicked up a bunch of the fluval stratum.
Extra info because the bot will ask:
Ammonia/Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20 ppm
Age of tank: 2 weeks (upgraded from 7 month 20 gallon and used same media, hardscape, plants, and substrate so it cycled instantly. I tested water daily to be sure)
Stocking: Betta – very unhappy with move, lost lots of color and noticable receding between crowns
16 black neon tetra, 8 pygmy cory, 9 trilineatus cory, 4 amono, 3 hillstream loach, blue dream neocaridina colony, 1 nerite
Posted by Chronoglenn
5 Comments
No looks good
As far as the betta is concerned, just watch and see how it reacts. I have the 407 and a spray bar. You can point down and back to spray against the back wall to baffle the outflow a bit. Or you can submerge it and point it up and back and have the same effect and still break the surface tension with less noise
Your water lettuce might not like it, that’s the only concern I’d have.
How are you able to keep floating plants with that much surface agitation? Mine melts like crazy from just the output on my overhead sump.
Right level of agitation a little heavy on the water flow. I’d dial it down a couple notches to like a slow medium drizzle.