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**fishscale** · 11-09-2007, 08:33 PM

I have my lights on 14 hours a day with twice daily fill/drain cycle. I have a couple large hills in my scape that do not get enough moisture, so what I do is have a powerhead in a bucket of fert solution. I plug the powerhead into a timer and twice a day, the powerhead turns on and fills the tank for about 2 minutes, then the powerhead shuts off, and the siphon that is formed drains the water back down to the original level.

11-09-2007, 08:33 PM	#153 (permalink)
fishscale O.G. - original guppy. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12) Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 3,712	I have my lights on 14 hours a day with twice daily fill/drain cycle. I have a couple large hills in my scape that do not get enough moisture, so what I do is have a powerhead in a bucket of fert solution. I plug the powerhead into a timer and twice a day, the powerhead turns on and fills the tank for about 2 minutes, then the powerhead shuts off, and the siphon that is formed drains the water back down to the original level. __________________ Eheim Pimp #254, Eheim Wolverine #1 55 Gallon Work in progress 10 Gallon Shrimp Tank 10 Gallon Planted QT 20 Gallon Shrimp Tank (Work in progress)