Hydroponic Filtration

[MoreCoffee]

Anybody using one of these ...... If so are they any good ? Anybody done a 'DIY' version ?

Tunze Hydroponics Reactor

I wouldn't remove my external filter, but add one of these as additional filtration.


Cheers

 

[voo]

Those things look weird. Never seen them before.

Was totally confused when i first saw it, until i saw you could translate it to english, but that didnt help much

Dunno how well it'd work, but i think they'd take the nutrients out of the water that you add for the other plants too.

 

[zig]

I guess you could *cough* grow some "grass" type plant outside the tank

tbh never seen them before.

 

[JamesC]

I remember back in the eighties these Tunze hydroponic systems being popular and they do work quite well but you need a few of them. If I still had my Tunze system now I'd use them as they make quite an attractive tank IMO. Back then I had my Tunze on a marine system so couldn't really grow plants in salt water.

Hope I won't get in trouble by linking to another forum but I feel this tank really deserves a look - http/www.tropicalfish.site5.com/tfc/showthread.php?t=79757

James

 

[Themuleous]

That is one amazing tank JamesC, a complete work of both art and design, makes the discus look completely natural.

Sam

 

[MoreCoffee]

Thanks for the replies, having thought about it for a while, I doubt I'll ever try one of these ..... but was very curious on their use. I like the idea, but none of my tanks would actually suit it.
I'd like to see some sort of sump done with some sort of hydroponic/plant filtration system.


JamesC .... Thanks for the link. A really nice looking tank and the layout suits the plants growing around the edge of the tank. It's a really well thought out design (tank & scape), its as if the aquascape/design isn't confined to the physical limits of tank I agree with Sam that it shows those discus off wonderfully.

Voo .... Yeah the nutrient uptake by those extra plants would have to be taken into condiseration, but it should be fairly easy to adjust fert levels to compensate.

Zig ..... Probably not a good idea in my house ..... 'uniformed' friend of mine works a sniffer dog .
I'd be better off using home made wine as a DIY source

Thanks..