Water Movement

[wei0204]

I have a friend visited me recently, he saw my tank and pop-up an interesting question.

"The water in your tank looks stagnant, do you think is good to add a small pump to help the water to circulate better?"

I have filter in the tank and I can see some movement in the water through the movement of leaves (slight movement). Is that still considered "stagnant"?

Shall I add extra pump?

 

[RadaR]

A small powerhead wouldnt do any harm. Moves around the nutrients and CO2 in the water to all plants and would help agaisnt algae.

 

[wei0204]

Is that common to add a pump in a planted tank? I never notice one in others tank yet. And I am worrying in the way to hide it as it will spoil the whole look of the tank if it is not be placed properly.

 

[RadaR]

Ive always had the idea of doing it but havnt seen anyone do it so I havnt. Just put it in one of the back corners and face it towards the middle of the tank. I know Diana Walstad used powerheads in her tanks for water movement (she had tanks that didnt have filters, just plants and the powerhead for water movement).

 

[wei0204]

Thank you for the info Fred.

Just to double check with you, by having an extra pump, the purpose are;

- To balancely spread the nutrients and CO2
- Less algae

Are there any other benefits you could think of?

 

[RadaR]

Thank you for the info Fred.

Just to double check with you, by having an extra pump, the purpose are;

- To balancely spread the nutrients and CO2
- Less algae

Are there any other benefits you could think of?

Yes that's correct. Cant think of any more benefits.

 

[wei0204]

OK, thank you so much Fred. I will think about this before making the decision in getting an extra pump for the tank.