Aquascaping Tutorial - Guide to Filtration and Circulation in the Planted Aquarium
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- In this aquascaping tutorial I give a guide to filtration and circulation in the planted aquarium. Biological, chemical and mechanical filtration are discussed, as well as my favourite external canister filter. I also go into detail about circulation and CO2 and why it's so important in the planted tank.
Let me know if you like this style of video and what other topics you'd like to see.
Keep on scaping!
George
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i think its a great idea to start a sort of mini series on "tips and tricks" to improve overall health of ones aquarium, i know it would really help me out!
i'm already in love with this dude he seems so gentle in the way he talks
James Morgan bro same
Even after almost a couple of decades messing around with aquariums, fish & plants I still find time to listen to a good old ramble from George Farmer on filtration and circulation! Great content happy times!
Thanks mate
I would love to see examples of flow in different tanks and practical examples of steps to sort out issues. Also interested in the impact on outlet (spray bar, lily pipe etc.).
One thing I have always struggled with is balancing flow and floating plants. With good flow they just seem to end up squished up against the glass.
@georgefarmer I am in interested in the same. In addition I am interested in different aquascape styles that require diffrent filter needs.
Alway informative. You teach folks with a simple easy style. No drama, no click bait, just easy going and step by step informative.
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This and the subsequent videos in this series with a focus on some of the specific information have been the ones I'm most looking forward to.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and videos.
This is one of the best tutorial on the Oase canister filter. Thanks George.
Very, very helpful! Thanks George! Especially the circulation part.
My first tank is now seven months mature. Still watching. Still learning. Thanks again!
Great explanation, known for me but important and missed by many other people. Thank you George.
Honestly I come to youtube for the vast range of knowledge hence why love these kind of informative videos. I mean i still enjoy the casual cinematic talk about a specific aquarium build but i do tend to enjoy more on factual and educational types of vids!!!
loving the content by the way!
One of your most helpful videos yet!
Finally some technical videos. We need this tipe of videos. So keep going with more :)
Thanks 🙏
This video has been incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for covering a few topics I'd never encountered before. I have always been told when you have an aquarium you keep the water and the fish are the benefit.
So watching the water quality has always been priority for me but I've just learned about circulation which is something no one I know has ever mentioned before and or using the outlet to move the co2 about DUH of course 🤗🤗
Again mate, you are killin it it with the information. I will definitely add this video to my must watch playlist.
great advise and tips George. thanks for the efforts on sharing this informative video.
Hi George, a very useful,informative and easy to understand video,nothing more to say really. All the best,Martin
Thanks George, i think this style of video is great it provides loads of info for us beginners who maybe looking for advice on specific subjects. To be honest I do prefer the cinematic and aquascaping videos however this is a welcome change and helps show the 'magic' behind the scenes!!
Thanks Matt 👍
Thank you George, I watched the whole video and learned a lot from it.
Thanks Ryo! 👍
I really appreciate this video! I just got all of my supplies from amazon, and have my aquarium running. This tutorial really helps!
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Very informative & easy to understand...👍🏼
Very informative. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
How can anyone not like this. Great info George loved it.
Thanks Steve 👍
Great video George! Lots of info on circulation and filtration! Always learning a thing or two from you! Thank you!
Thanks Mike 👍
I always learn something new. Thank you for sharing George! Cheeri-O! - Little Bobby
I thought this video would be boring, but I was so wrong. Excellent Video!
Thanks 🙏
George... Thank you. I enjoyed this format. Less artsy and more informative. Keep up the great work.
Ps.... Great t shirt.... 👍
Good news George! I have been in contact with the civic council of Hobbiton and they have agreed to give you a lifetime license to ramble on. Great advice as always George. Thanks for sharing.
🤣🤣 Thanks Todd 👍
great stuff mate, looking forward to the book!
Great video, very interesting, nice to have it explained in layman terms and not technical jargon.
Can’t wait to see what fish will be aqua 1200. I was looking at the Oase thermo filter but went with a fluval. Will def have a look for next tank. Keep on rambling 👍🏻💕
Great information.Thank you George
Helpful video as always!
Love the rambling... we want more
Love these kind of videos
Great video! I think you're tips are spot on. I'm really enjoying UKAPS!
Cheers James 🙏
Top class information you tell it to us properly based on experience Thanks George :)
Thanks Linda 🙏
Thanks George, very interesting and useful info. 👍🏻
Thanks Paul 🙏
Awesome video mate 💪🏻
You are the best George 😍
Very useful video. Thank you.
This has dropped at a really useful time for me. It's my birthday later this month, and i'm thinking about treating myself to an Oase BioMaster Thermo from my current Eheim Ecco Pro.
That’s a great video, thank you so much for the information
I think you should sell shirts that say "I love George's Rambling". LOL. Informative video George. Thanks again.
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Although I've heard about a lot of these things when I was starting up my tank, it is always a good refresher to hear this "ramble"😉
There's still a lot of things to catch on even after all this time.
A very useful video for everyone in this hobby!
I know this video is old but I am new to planted tanks or fish keeping in general. Love video with knowledge as I have little and want a lot. Love your videos thank you for putting g the time into them.
I really like this video. I specifically like how you differentiated between Filtration and Circulation. So often people smash them together and convoluted the differences.
How you covered them matches a lot of advance literature and looking at very complex, large systems. For example: many of today's large marine systems employ a filtration sump with only 2 or 3 times turnover for the filtration, and then utilize power heads and wave makers for 10x or more circulation through the display tank. You can of course use canisters for extra flow and then accept the excess filtration that comes with it, but understanding that the extra circulation is the primary reason is an often overlooked understanding.
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Thank you ❤️ Great video...
I have just purchased an Oase myself. So far I love it. As far as carbon I haven't used for a few years. My well water is very good out of tap so I'm lucky. If I was using treated water I would definitely use it. Liked.
Thank you George!
I like the idea of a ‘tips and tricks and you should know this’ series of videos. I’m finally catching up on your videos. I was on vacation and dropped my phone in the Gulf of Mexico. Not having internet access was weird! I LOVE your t-shirt. I need one. LOL. Sending pets to Tommy.
Cheers GG! Sorry about your phone
Amazing video love it
I own one of the biomaster thermo 600 they really are good
Your videos are an inspiration George! I always used to just throw a few stems plants in my tanks and be done with it (usually my fish at the time would destroy them anyway), but watching your videos has helped me take a better interest in creating something beautiful 😄Speaking of equipment, I run some of the oase thermo filters too and was wondering if they have ever made weird noises for you? When my heaters come on they make an odd metallic scraping noise.
Very informative. Thank you
You’re welcome 👍
Great Video 👍
Loved it knowledge = power 🤟
Love the vid a rambling pro as well aquascape pro keep it up George
Thanks Jason 🙏
@@GeorgeFarmerStudios it's a pleasure as are your videos to watch mate
Great advice! I still want to get the Thermo 100. It’s on my wishlist.
great helpful vids! much appreciated mate
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you it Was fantastic video you need to do more of them.
I think this could be a good series, from how you run you’re filter, how you maintain you’re c02 and maybe lighting! Keep on scaping👊🏻
Love your shirt!!
Very informative video, thanks. Like others have commented it would be great if you could do an in-depth video on flow in the tank ie placement and pros/cons of different of outflow/inflow pipes, what works best for different types of aquascapes, skimmer and diffuser placement too. You have done so many and have access to so many amazing aquascapes it would be brilliant if you could talk us through the flow patterns in these tanks. 😁
thanks..
more videos like this please.. 😃
Thanks for this informative Video and do some moore. LG Mona 👍❤
Best Video 👍👍
Like! Love the oase filter only need the biggest one, although my tank looks and works fine with the 350. I'am using a powerhead from sicce for extra circulation. Maybe a plant species special/serie is perfect for rambling?
One of the first comments 😎 love your aquariums George ✌🏾
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Hi George
Thanks so much for this video it was very helpful and i look forward to more videos like this. The technical aspects of setting/maintaining up a planted aquarium. I liked that this video went into
1. What some of the other options out there are are
2. Some of the science behind whats going on (especially this)
3. The reasons behind your choices and the
4. How to bits
For me this allows me to apply the information and find alternate solutions to the common problems. With my budget and location its just not possible to use the hardware that you do.
A video on how to monitor CO2 levels, lighting, and balance it with lighting would be useful. i saw your video with aquarium gardens which was helpful, but the RGB spectrum, lumens etc is still confusing.
I think most aquariums fail because nobody knows the "Behind the scenes" stuff, yes it is amazing to see how you plant, the choice of plants etc, fish bla bla bla... but the important of GEAR and how to properly setting it up I believe is much more important to success in this hobby.
bla bla bla :/
Your the best 👍
Hey George - awesome and informative video you have. I only fail to find the follow up video where you talk about the lily pipe installing on the oase filter etc
Great !
Hi George, great video tonight with lots of information, the circulation was very interesting, could you explain a bit more about what media you use in the baskets and in what order you place them , I think there are 5 baskets in the 600 if my memory serves me right. I have been very happy with mine. Great filters. Thanks .
Good stuff George. Some comments/suggestions/observations.
The Oase external is a good product, I'm using one, it is however, quite pricey. The heater/stat in the filter is great but, beware, if the filter blocks and stops working the tank will chill. The pre-filter works really well but it can, because of the density of the sponge material block surprisingly easily. And, output was not consistently strong enough from me to use an in-line Co2 reactor. Juwel make a great fuss about their tanks having an internal filter, and thus, keeping water in the tank. I have had spillages in the past from externals. I also run a second external, with a UV tube, which I only use when introducing new fish stock. This is a very cheap Chinese filter and has proved reliable for at least 1/2 a decade. Juwel tanks, with their supplied internal filter, lighting and open canopy with no cover glass make for easy maintenance and, in my experience - with extra lights - grow plants very well.
Internal ceramic Co2 diffusion only works really well, as you say, if the filter output pushes the micro-bubbles around the tank. The, now old fashioned, cylinder/ladder pathway diffusers, often were not tall enough or needed a final bit of assistance from a filter, to do a really good job.
Phosphate levels, if high, and I don't find dip strips that accurate, will cause algae problems, nitrate is also nearly always high when there is an algae problem but the evidence is that phosphate is the real culprit - the exception is of course bright green filamentous algae which, and this is rather bothersome, seems to love the same parameters as most plants - though is maybe a little more light hungry. In my experience, especially if tap water comes from agricultural areas, nitrate and phosphate levels can be very high in the summer, much higher than the water in a well planted established aquarium. I certainly caused water problem issues and algae blooms after water changes from water with high levels of pollution, probably from agricultural run off. For new tanks, perhaps the first six months, I would personally always use Rowa to keep phosphate levels very low. Hornwort, Indian Fern and Salvinia - if regularly harvested will really improve water quality but as with all floating plants, they will slow the growth of the plants beneath. Dennerle in fact recommend Hornwort for all new tanks, as do I.
Dosing I find problematic, conventional horticultural products - NPK - have too much phosphate and not enough iron for my liking. But those sold for the aquarium are often really very expensive. Like you George I have never found carbon in the filter harmful to plant growth. I currently have loam under horticultural grit but this is a recent experiment - I have a layer of hessian fabric over the compost which prevents clouding when planting or carrying out maintenance. So far (three months) I have had no leaching and consequential water quality issues. In the past I have used aquatic compost topped with dried sand (kiln sand) very successfully, but sand, according to some, compacts. In my experience the only problem really with washed and dried sand, is that it easy to scrape the glass - corydoras love filtering it through their gills in search of micro organisms to eat - some other fish may find the substrate a little bright and might bleach a little in colour. I currently have a small tank with very fine, aquarium designated black gravel which seems also very successful.
For me the success of a planted aquarium really takes a year or so to be proved. My last tank ran for a decade, for the last few years with cheap DIY 4,000K 30 watt floodlights - but lots of Co2 (the 30 ppm you stress) and regular micro nutrient dosing, especially sequestered iron. I grew Rota Macrandra well, but some so-called easy plants didn't like the conditions especially slow growing and low light species such as Anubias.
I too, like you George, have no across the board recipe for guaranteed success , I might never have had crypt melt, but Alternanthera, a so called easy plant, does not like my current set-up and neither does Lielaeopsis novae zelandiae, whilst Limnophila, Hygrophila, crypts, Micranthemum and Nymphaea are very happily pearling and growing cleanly. I'll welcome any observations on that this current conundrum.
PS loved the Madrid store.
Thanks William - great post! 🙏
Excellent video thanks. Could you cover lighting next in the series, I found that quite confusing starting out. I didn't have funds for a commonly reviewed light but I battled to find information on what sort of watts and lumens to look for, let alone when you consider colour spectrum.
I do not recommend Oase filters. They are known to have issues with constantly purging air from the filter. I found out the hard way when I bought one and yes, it is constantly purging air regardless of priming, flow rate, and allowing it 24 - 48 hours to get all air out of the filter.
I heard about the 5 times rule, this 10 times version is new for me. That is why I bought the thermo 350 for my new 200l tank. Is that not enough then??? I don't use CO2, and it is a planted fish tank, not an aquascape...Great video by the way, thanks for sharing your knowledge Master!🙏
Hi George, did you use the stock sponges and helix inside the biomaster?
Thanks, i love the style of your scapes
Great video! Question about internal flow - I am using a Hydor circulation pump on the opposite corner of the filter outlet to help with flow and churn. Do you use those in your tanks or is it better to have filters do that?
Very informative video. Can you tell me pls if for a 115 l aquarium (fish and plants) should use a biomaster 250 or a 350 will do better. Thanks!
Hello, George here just to let you know, how much I personally appreciate your videos. I was thinking maybe you could help us a little bit more with videos on “Tips and tricks” on all what’s concerning planted aquariums? Thank you, RE from Nicaragua 👍🏼😉🙂
Thanks for the feedback! 🙏💚
i'm indonesian beginner aquascaper and you just help me out, sir. now i just figure out what the reason my filter is getting low flow and routine maintenance. big thanks!
I agree with your views on filter media. I would say in a planted aquarium you could not have a filter as there’s enough surface area within the sand/rocks/wood with the plants to not require one. You would only need a wave maker for circulation, a similar concept to reef tanks.
More vids like this please
Love your shirt lol ❤️
2 videos I would like to see are plants named once fully grown in so I know what thay look like at full size and best for aquascape tank size.
And a video of fish ideal for aquascape tanks and again size of tank and how many fish.
Heureka! Now i finally understand! Great video. Maybe i get my constant dying plants to live for a change :-)
Hello George, great content! Like the more technical info. I am in the process of acquiring my first tank - a 90p - was advised a Oase 600. But am I correct to understand that that would be insufficient? Thanks - Ps any opinion on the chiriros WGRB II - getting different opinions on this - but don’t have unlimited budget. Any input would be appreciated !
What Oase Biomaster(s) would you recommend for a Waterbox 4820 (72 gallons) to ensure proper flow thru the tank?
And to answer your question, love informative videos. More please.
Excelent video!
Circulation is very very important when injecting co2. A good example are carpeting plants. Maybe you think that your cuba carpeting plant isn't doing well because you need more light or fertilizer and in fact is because your floor level circulation is poor and it can't get enough co2 and nutrients. Quite tricky to get good circulation there.
I started using an inline jbl atomizer some weeks ago for this matter and I'm starting to see improvement in some of my plants. Ranunculus inundatus for instance is growing quite faster than before. I had the co2 difuser in the oposite wall of my 64l cube and it wasn't getting enough co2 I think. I also changed my old Sera filter for a bigger jbl 702 external filter with more circulation.
The oase external filters are awesome, that prefilter ir very handy. I want to improve the filtration on my big tank and probably I will change to one of the thermo series. They aren't cheap though!
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Hi George nice talking! Small tip on prefilter you dont need to push two taps just hold firmly at the top and rotate the bottom cover for foams it will release with less effort, cheers
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Hi George, great video, but i wish to ask you a question: I have a Juwel tank a cube of 200lt, in your opinion is a Biomaster 600 correct filter for my aquarium or is better the 850? Thank you for your kindly answer. I continue to follow you on your channel!
Loved it...im going to start callimg you Hollywood George😎
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Hi George, Great video. I'm setting up a 30l (Cube) Nano but i'm having a real problem trying to find the right external filter. I want one that doesn't have a flow which is too powerful for the size of the tank, has an internal heater and can give me your x10 rule? Any ideas? Thank you!
Hey George, for a 200l well stocked (read heavy ;) ) tank, would you recommend 850 or 600?
I always think that if you were to place your intakes and output on opposite sides of the tank it could ensure all the water is passing through the tank from one side to the other and back around! Just a tip!
Filtration wise, i think that biomaster 600 is more than enough to handle the small bioload of an aquascape focused tank. If what you need is just extra circulation, why not use a small wave maker? Or for smaller tanks, a surface skimmer also adds a decent flow. But it does take away the aesthetic aspect of the tank a little bit by adding extra equipment in there. What do you think?
Love the shirt
Cheers for that George. One thing I would like you to do is show in close up is how to plant carpeting plants, mainly Monte Carlo. I have Tropica substrate in my aquascape and on planting with pinsettes, the buggers don’t want to stay in the soil and always seem to rise up, I have tried to do this using larger clumps and placing it deeper into the substrate. Is there a knack to it ? It I growing but not as I see on some scapes. Cheers if you can help out . Dean from Scunthorpe