View Full Version : Wet-dry OK for planted aquarium?
BumBumBee
03-12-2003, 12:34 AM
It seemed like I was trying to get oxygen in the water before I was going to have plants. Now I want co2. Can I have both? Will the water flowing through a wet-dry lose co2?
Slappy*McFish
03-12-2003, 12:53 AM
It should be fine with pressurized CO2 and maybe a few modifications to the intake...Tom Barr could better explain this to you....he has used wet/dry filters on his plant tanks before, I believe..hopefully he'll chime in.
A conventional commercial W/D - which has a cover on the "dry" tower - will normally not cost you any significant CO2 off-gassing as you have with biowheels. Some open-topped DIY towers have reported significant CO2 loss.
Originally W/Ds were designed and operated with airstones under the tower, but that seems to have largely been dropped as not needed. Airstones operated under the tower would increase CO2 loss and should not be used.
I can't tell any difference in CO2 need between my canister-supported tanks and my W/D supported tanks.
Plantbrains
03-12-2003, 2:49 PM
You can check George Booth's site and also some comments from myself, Steve Dixon and George on the APD.
Regards,
Tom Barr
Slappy*McFish
03-13-2003, 11:43 PM
http://www.frii.com/~gbooth/AquaticConcepts/