Reef ready tanks?

[alexarae]

Good idea indeed.

[schance]

you could take some airline tubing and tie it in a loop and not the ends

[andrewh]

Canisters are the only way to go if you're injecting CO2 and for planted tanks in general (aeration isn't necessarily your friend in a planted tank). If you don't have sealed filtration (as in a canister as apposed to a wet/dry or HOB), then you're just tossing money out the window (or down the overflow ).

I started out with HOBs and tried wet/drys, but since I started using Rena XP canisters I will not own anything else. On a drilled tank, they are easy to maintain (no priming required) and Rena design is simple and easy IMHO.

I know for large planted tanks, the dilemma is this, most large tanks come RR. So if you want to plant a large aquarium and inject CO2 you'll need to deal with the overflow.

I've seen some guys/gals drill holes near the bottom of the overflow box to allow access to the pre-drilled holes within the overflow for the canister's intake/return. Doing this will allow you to close these holes off in the future if you ever want to change up the tank or if you sell it.

And you can always get more than one floating food container for feeding in several locations within the tank (one on the right, middle and left, etc.)

[schance]

i have sen wet drys used with co2 you just crank it up like no other. if you messing with 10-20lb co2 its not that bad.

[jeb102385]

the tank i have my trophs in is rr i have it hooked up to a wet dry and i love it the chemicals are always perfect and the mantenace is minimal