Plenums: Are they really the best biological filtration system you can have?
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Plenums: Are they really the best biological filtration system you can have?
• Secretly the BEST Filt...
Secretly the BEST Filter? Why the Under Gravel Filter rocks!
Dr. Novak, The information I've gotten from both Bently and you has really improved my adventure back into this hobby.
Plenum and BCB has had a significant impact on my aquarium. Having had issues with of all things Java fern. Bentley helped me with that.
A little help with light and proximity to the substrate solved my problem, thanks Bentley.
A new 29 gallon is in the works.
No BCB, just a Plenum with a canister filter.
Clay, Iron, and the Plenum have provided me with no gravel vac, no glass cleaning and VERY little nitrates are a game changer.
As some you quoted said "it's almost boring ".
Thanks to you both.
Everything you said in this video makes perfect sense to me. I've been wanting to try this method for a long time. I've been following you since 2016. Love that you are still posting and educating the community on this topic. Love your analogy on guns. I'm a big gun guy myself and you are 100% correct! Keep this up brother!!! Hopefully I can soon setup my own plenum tank.
Because I'm ex military, I look at guns, probably a little different than other people. It is our second amendment right to hold back our government. Each and every mass gun shooter was on "psychotropic pharmaceuticals". That's something the news never brings up.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums Again you are 100% on point brother! Merry Christmas! 🙏🙏💚💚
You are 1,000 percent correct im using my tanks adding ceramic bio balls under plate and hook up a air pimp with 3 inch lift tube in the corner. Very successful marine and freshwater tank
Well, I can remember adding a powerhead to a 1" lift tube years ago, what a disaster that was and I got out of the hobby soon after that. Nice video Dr. Novak.
You are a prime example of what happened to people when they changed what they were doing because manufactures insisted it was the correct way.
lovely plant the Bacopa monirie, dr knovak i have to say that i have switched all my breeding and Planted tanks to plenum based ones , they are very quite as i am using battery operated air pumps with 3 watt of power that operate up to 6 tanks at once ! , the water has alot of soluables here ( around 1500 PPM TDS ) but the anoxic plenum works ... i just change the water for breeding purposes or when it reaches 1900 PPM TDS or more
Thanks for sharing.
He did a series of the bad and good on all filtration, it was a really great series.
Those just grow everywhere in the Philippines. We actually consider it as a weed😂😂😂
Its a beatiful name and very appropriate to the information you provide. Ignore the sarcastic comments. Its your channel you have the right to decide the name of the channel.
Looking forward to your video using the pump on the plenum. 👏👏👏👌👍
Thanks for that!
Great information.Well presented.
Yes Dr. Novak I remember the 80s and there was a big push to run a powerhead or a canister filter through the under gravel filter even pushing reverse flow through the under gravel filter in an attempt to keep the substrate clean. I started using this method on my 125 gallon marine aquarium and was disappointed and in the early 80s, they started pushing trickle filters which have more or less passed also into oblivion. Hell yeah, I was there I can testify everything you’re saying is true, all those innovative ideas they came up with, are now basically defunct.
A lot of people do not understand that that at the time the Plenum or under gravel filter went by the wayside. That's when trickle filters came in to play.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums yes, wonk, I got it.👍 I think my first aquarium was around 1960 so I guess you could say I have a little bit of experience seen a lot of phases and changes.
Excellent upload and amazing video work done here 👏
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks you for share and merry Christmas 🎄🎁 !!!
Happy holidays! And a merry Christmas to you too.
This is really funny I just saw this video. I guess you did it one day ago. I had no idea there was such hoopla about this. I’ve had this plant growing in my tanks for years blooms regularly. This is really funny. I think I bought mine at Petsmart in one of those plastic bags Packaged neatly, and never had to buy anymore.
Lastly, if you can make a video strictly explaining anaerobic filtrations please. I generally don't find nitrates in my bare bottom tanks (which are heavily overstocked; usually 2+ guppies per gallon + snails, sometimes plecos). I have always assumed the reason my nitrates area always very low is because I put lavarock in the tanks. Sometimes even in the tanks without plants, I don't see any nitrates. But I generally have big lavarock in those tanks and I will occasionally see bubbles forming on them and rising up. How would I know if that's anaerobic or anoxic activity in those lavarocks? Does red lavarock have iron?
And yes sometimes I notice there is 0.2ppm ammonia or something like that in the tanks.
thank you for your expertise
Happy Holidays Dr, Novak! Thanks for all you've given us over the years.
Happy holidays! A merry Christmas and thank you for watching my channel.
I came up with an awesome UGF design using 3/4 CPV and bulkhead fittings for those snap together plates with the 1 inch space. The 3/4 inch cpvc has a ID of just a bit more than 1/2 and when used with a air stone has very limited flow because the stone blocks 80 percent of the pipe. I went with Czech Airlifts that have a pressure chamber and no stone, so you can tune the flow to your needs.
I'm not a fan of the clay and instead went with a deep red flint gravel bed with 1/16 to 1/8 grain size.
Very cool!
Something that's very interesting for me is that ever since I started using a plenum in my tank is the lack of cyanobacteria bacteria, my previous planted tank was setup very similar to what father fish advocates, potting soil capped with sand, and while the plants were growing fine, I did have to clean cyanobacteria after about a year from the substrate and glass, whereas in my plenum it's been almost two years and I get very little cyanobacteria, I don't even have to clean it, so not having to deal with cyanobacteria in my tank it's definitely a plus 🙂 I was wondering what "wonk" means thanks for the clarification.
I bought 3 of these 7 months ago when they were only 15 bucks! I sure wish I would have ordered more,
because I love them! I would like them in ALL my tanks. They are GREAT for shrimp tanks, or anything where you have to worry about things being sucked into the filter.
I have these in the tanks that are in my bedroom, and they are very quiet.
I grew up in the 80’s and I couldn’t figure out why people said under gravel filters were the way to go with planted tanks and all they would die. It’s a lot like pumps people always thought a bigger pump won’t have to work as hard when in all actuality they were operating the pump outside the curve and doing real damage to it all the time.
Great, it will very useful how it works that AQQA filter's pump, specially about the noise, I will thank you if you could film this pump working. Regards
Will do
Yes, those power driven sponge filters are really great for all the reasons you mentioned, however, I’m not a big sponge filter fan. I have some and have used them and they’re great for certain things.
Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you for the research doc
Dr Novak, Am I right in saying that the plenum, due to it's ability to denitrify using DOCs solves the limitations of the walstad method in that it with use the carbons out the DOCs to denitrify the nitrogen? Therefore, removing the DOCs, humic and fulvic acids in the water column? (I'm not knocking the Walstad, I love a good ecosystem). Merry Christmas Dr Novak!
First 😊 How about Aquarium Microbiotics?
Will do.
hello, I have been following your channel for a while and I want to say thank you for all the information you share with us. Your method interests me a lot. I have a question: what flow rate should a pump supplying the plenum have?
In general it is said that a filter must have at least a flow rate of 3 times the volume of the aquarium.
If you're using a sump with BCB bags, there are no restrictions on flow rate. If you have a example : 75- gallon aquarium, there's no reason you can't be pumping 500 or more gallons an hour through your sump.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums no i'm talking about plenum, undergravel filtre. But instead of using a noisy air pump i'm planning to use a water pump under the plate. So how mouch flow rate should the pump have ? And thank you.
Also if I put 2 tubes in my underground filter... 1 is 1", and the other is 1/2" - but I lower the water level BELOW the top of the tubes, it feels like the thin tube can lift the water much higher and faster. Am I missing something or does this only apply to lifting the water above the water line? And how do we know how much water is moving through an uplift tube when air is also moving through it? Do you have something to test total flow? How can you be sure how much of that is air? I have to do some experimentation with this stuff again as my memory has gotten foggy but I could swear that I have always gotten stronger filtration with a thin uplift tube.
Hello Dr. Novak. I saw your video and you are going to do a video of an electric pump for the plenum. My question is whether: 40-50 gallons per hour for the flow in the plenum is good. And what should be the height of the pipe? Does the height of the pipe affect the amount of water that will pass through the plenum.
I think I do mention that only 10 to 20 gallons per hour is really all you need for a Plenum.
Which is more important to have an under gravel plenum, or a canister filter?
One is mechanical and one is biological. However, if you've been watching my videos, you will see people that have literally nothing in their aquarium including my antique aquarium barely has any substrate, but yet I'm using a BCB bag to complete the nitrogen cycle. This is also the same with people all over the world, using BCB bags or baskets, in their sumps, even though they may have no substrate at all in your aquariums. However, to answer your question, biological is the most important when it comes to acquiring keeping if your husbandry is good and the amount of food and fish in the aquarium is very light.
Very well articulated , informative video doctor N as usual. I though of providing some additional info , " bacopa monnieri " is also known as Brahmi sakh which is mostly consumed by Bemgalis in Bangladesh & West Bengal - India. The color of flower may differ due to mutation. Looking forward to hear more from u doc ❤❤
Isn't it funny how nobody can figure out the name of the plant except me. Well, I shouldn't really say that ; there was another person who brought up the name Bacopa to me and it rang a bell then.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums i believe its ur generosity that u think , someone else also had the same shot on this mystery plant . I personally feel that u r the first person who proved it as Bacopa with its flower. So, in my book all credit should go to you.
The reason "nobody could figure it out" is because they are using ANY seed they can get. Including Hygrophila Polysperma. Many of the seed packets are definitely not this plant. They also use terrestrial grasses. Depends on what type of carpet plant they're trying to trick you into thinking you're getting.
Hi, I’ve been watching your videos from deep subs to plenum bcb. It’s just hard for me to find kitty litter that are baked and non clumping and are natural with no odore. I wanted to ask if we could make bcb with seachems denitrate? I believe you have heard about seachems denitrate. I would really appreciate if you give a reply. Thank you for your great videos 😊❤
I did a video on such a product and did not find it to work for me. I'm sure there are people out there who will say it worked for them, but my video was just on my results. As I talk in my videos, there are substitute for kitty litter, such as oil-dry, and safety sorb which you can buy at a tractor supply house. These products look exactly like kitty litter, and are made of Baked clay to absorb oil spills in garage and so on.
Should set up an anoxic plenum in an undergravel in a saltwater tank? I used your advice to set one up in my 10 gallon freshwater and it's healthily established after a year, and reduces nitrate very effectively, but will it reduce nitrate in saltwater systems?
My earliest videos show a fella that been using an under gravel filter for his reef aquarium for the past 51 years.
Hello Doctor, this is off topic, i have a discus thats swiming nose down and a small bulge on its stomach area. I tried Epsom salt bath and also the salt bath also. I am treating width Metro that [ bought from a vet, and i am doing a 10 day regiment. Having no real results, what your suggestion?.
I also have used your Anoxic basket filter and it REAL WORks.Simply Amazing and
I don't know if you have any products with tea tree oil in it. I know they sell some products over the counter for fish. But basically it is just nothing but Tea tree oil.
Flourite has more Iron than Flourite Red according to Seachem Analysis, I've heard you recommend the red though- why is that? Thanks
Hi. Now I've seen this video, I'm new to this hobby and I want to make a filtration system, Anoxic filters, because it's cheaper and it seems closer to reality, to what happens in nature, I hope I succeed. What I didn't understand is the substrate material that covers it can't be something like gravel, gravel, water soil. stones again or volcanic rock, that is, a stratification can be done or the substrate does not have to be very large. I'm thinking something like this, cat litter (2 cm) gravel (1 cm) volcanic rock (1 cm) Aquarium Soil (1 cm) gravel (2 cm) is this possible? It's ok ? . Thanks for the information and good luck in the future.
I looked into the Aqqa filter and found out the impeller is not serviceable, to me that is a negative.I am a firm believer in the plenum system and all my present tanks and future tanks will have one. IMHO some people will be put off by the word Specialist, I am not, Food for though I did a RUclips search, and the channel title "Everything Aquarium" is not taken.
I noticed that too. I don't know why they make pumps that you cannot service. But there are other companies that do the same thing with their pumps and they are well-known German companies. Tunzi is one of them.
By the way, Bentley's video this week was how awesome the box filter is. Plain ole Penn Plax box filter. Which I'm running on two of my 14 gallon cubes - alongside my anoxic filtration in each. Just for giggles and experiment, I will be running a box filter on my saltwater just to see if it is worth my time or not. If not, I have plenty of other tanks.
Name of channel: it's your channel, so I'll follow it regardless of what you can it. But before you make any changes or just after you start under a new name, well need to know so we can find and subscribe there.
It's nice to see people following in my footsteps and shadowing me with the RUclips videos.
Scientific Aquariumtechny or st
iam braking down my plant tank 75 galputting in the square under gravel plates ill set up with eheim & jet dry will be using ada and nature soil subsrtate
That kid still ain't gettin' it. He thinks he does, but no.
He's thinking that the ionic attraction in the substrate is a direct analogy to filter floss that needs high volume mechanical delivery for water clarity.
He doesn't understand the role of electro-negative oxygen (oxidizer) as opposed to O2.
Our own gaseous atmosphere has mechanisms that create ozone and hyrdoxyl (oxidizers) which cleanse the atmosphere. Our bodies have anti-oxidant mechanisms to protect us from being damaged by it.
Oxidizers in water are what keeps pathogens in check.
If we dont't have a healthy generation of O-, then it's back to ridiculous scheduled water changes.
O2 is not O-. O- has an unpaired electron and seeks something to react with.
Bubblers don't infuse O-. O- is an ion liberated during a related chemical reaction. When a solo O is snipped from NO2, or FE2O3, etc.
"I prefer lots of aerobic bacteria and plants"
That's a non-sequitur. An anoxic plenum has to have a massive volume of aerobic zones before the anoxic zone occurs in the depths.
Zero good reason to knowingly exclude an anoxic zone. No upside. None.
It's a matter of people wanting to put a personal stamp on something to feel special and recognized for novelty.
In short? Is it good or not good tho?
If you set up a proper anoxic arrangement, you will be getting ample aerobic conditions no matter what.
The reverse is not necessarily true.
@@rstuff886do you make videos that I can watch that explains all of this? thanks
Your mike is horrible. the audio is r*ping my ears. please change it.
I'm just glad he's able to bring us this understandable info... For free! I'm NOT going to ask him to buy a better Mic or go thru extra process to help me out.