New K1 Kaldnes Aquarium Filtration Design! 

Thank you! I appreciate it

I had to deconstruct the remote deep sand bed project due to having to house some young threadfin acaras in the sump a couple weeks after this video was made. The sump is pure k1 kaldnes now and I was hoping to revisit the deep sand project later on when I have a bigger tank 😁😁

technically the amount of K1 depends on how much you feed (from what I heard). so I guess it would depend on your bioload, not the amount of water in the system

ahh good point! thanks!

I've drilled an acrylic tank with fish in it before, but I would lower the water significantly and make sure you have a plan B for your fish before you do so.

both, I have my sump return pushing the media and air stones

I didnt have my jars in my tank long enough, but I was seeing the anaerobic bacteria build up right before I had to change up my sump. Just keep the jar tall enough and dont disturb the sand and you should be good

Some float and some sink all the way down, not sure why but its half half.

It would be nice but my tanks are cycled and ammonia and nitrite isn’t present. However I’ve done a lot of nitrate tests and the k1 performs as well as any static filtration but less maintenance. Been running K1 in my bigger tanks for years

Yea I'm planning in making a separate aquaponics system for it, but I haven't came up with an idea yet haha.

That is true, there was a little bit of flow, but it definitely wasn't enough during that time.

yea my bio media requirements increased significantly and my k1 system looks completely different now. The sump is now a 40 gallon (in this video it was a 20 gallon), and now instead of the deep sand bed area its now fully planted. I have some updates on my sump in my most videos.

@@BryanLa so plants more effective to remove NO3?

@@PCLye I think it depends on the size of the deep sand bed. In my case my plants grow like crazy (anacharis, dwarf water lettuce hornwort, subwassertang, Java fern and anubias) and as they overpopulated i remove them so there's room to grow. Ive noticed my water quality has increased, but at the same time its not something that would ultimately replace water changes. If you have room for plants AND a deep sand bed that would be cool.

@@PCLye when it comes to a visual representation of nitrate removal, plants show it off way better with good growth.