Yar180 (yet Another Rio 180)

[DevUK]

It might look a little different

My 300w heater arrived today! I'll get that setup tonight

 

[Biulu]

Sounds all very good and interesting! Now all we need are pics!

 

[DevUK]

It's looking a bit sparse at the moment. I got the P. helferi planted last night, I was assuming it would all be floating about this morning as I didn't have much stem to plant on each plantlet, but thankfully this morning the'yre all still in place!

Also planted a few stems of something random that came in the bunch with the P. Helferi from James. It looks like glosso, but more of a stem plant, if that even makes sense. It could be glosso that's grown tall but I'm not sure. I've planted it anyway I'll see what happens I guess!

Something I didn't post about the other day is my attempt to make my own lily pipe. I used a section of clear plastic tubing, left over from hacking my EX700 spraybar down previously. I applied heat and moulded it with the rounded handles of several screwdrivers. It took a bit of heating, cooling, heating etc but the finished item isn't that bad. I seem to be getting an OK flow around the tank. I just need to re-position my diffuser I think. I have noticed some really nice gentle vortex swirls on the surface too

Really not convinced this Rhinox 5000 is working correctly. I have to have the BPS very high to get the whole thing to diffuse. I think the ceramic is faulty as it produces larger bubbles from one side. I assume the pressure doesn't build up enough inside for the whole thing to work at 2bps). I might try one of the smaller diffusers I have and position it differently.

Pics later on hopefully

 

[DevUK]

Ok, some pics...

Full frontal:

Closeup of plants:

DIY lily pipe:

 

[saintly]

love it mate

are you going to be planting across to the right?

mark

 

[DevUK]

love it mate

are you going to be planting across to the right?

mark

That's the plan mate. I'm trying to get hold of more hair grass, as my large clump growing in the garden has died due to an unfortunate wind related accident

 

[aaronnorth]

that wood is perfect for this scape

Does your DIY lily pipe make much of a difference?

 

[DevUK]

that wood is perfect for this scape

Does your DIY lily pipe make much of a difference?

Not really sure. It does seem to create nice gentle currents on the surface, yet flow is directed downwards. I'm considering re-positioning it to the side blowing right or left like a proper lilly, but the Rio design is a bit awkward for that.