Reservoir circulation

[Midwestflowers420]

Do you guys use something to circulate your reservoir? I’ve been curious if it’s better to have the water moving around instead of stirring it up every watering

 

[rkymtnman]

i've used a waterfall and now a wave maker in my res

 

[Dankula]

You dont need much, all depending on noise situation you can go completely silent with a small aquarium pump you will get really good circulation and aeration with a spraybar at the top of your tank...a spraybar is an easy diy...a pipe, a plug, an aquarium pump, a 1-2mm drillbit, suctioncups or something to fix the pipe lengthwise at the top of the tank. There are good guides for this at aquarium sites, or just buy one premade, if you can find one suitable for your tank...best circulation if the spray start above water and break the surface 3/4ish towards the opposite side of the tank...Atleast it is a very efficient way to mix nutes evenly and fast, it create sort of an horisontal vortex lengthwise in the tank, but it depends on tank shape I guess.

Personally i prefer a silent constant circulation over a noisy stirring

 

[Midwestflowers420]

I was thinking something like the AC infinity air pump but just wasn’t sure if that would be enough to keep nutes mixes in the res or not?

 

[Midwestflowers420]

Any

i've used a waterfall and now a wave maker in my res

Any examples?

 

[Dankula]

I was thinking something like the AC infinity air pump but just wasn’t sure if that would be enough to keep nutes mixes in the res or not?

Oh with air...you can do an airlift. Am not sure about 2.8l/m is enough...I suspect you would need more than that

 

[yinyang814]

Currently using this one. It works fine. Only 3 watts and only $7.

 

[rkymtnman]

Any

Any examples?

post 7 is i think the same as mine. wave makers are pretty cheap on amazon/ebay

 

[Midwestflowers420]

post 7 is i think the same as mine. wave makers are pretty cheap on amazon/ebay

Yea that’s way cheap I just ordered it can’t go wrong at that price

 

[rkymtnman]

Yea that’s way cheap I just ordered it can’t go wrong at that price

if your res is huge, i first used a small waterpump and some tubing to create a waterfall in my res= more oxygen, nutes well mixed too. those pumps are cheap too

 

[Midwestflowers420]

60 gal

 

[rkymtnman]

a wave maker should be fine i would think. if you think you need something better, a small submersible pump is less that 15 bucks. then some plastic tubing and some plastic elbows makes a nice waterfall

 

[Midwestflowers420]

dude I never even thought of just a submersible pump fml I have like 3 sitting around

 

[rkymtnman]

dude I never even thought of just a submersible pump fml I have like 3 sitting around

i've got so much shit in my garage, i don't know half of what i have either. lol

a waterfall will create way more DO than air stones or a wave maker too

 

[Midwestflowers420]

Thanks man maybe I’ll do multiple ways