Absolutely share if you wish.Thank you for the drawing, I love it! I think I get it now! The last pic it looked to me like it was the outflow peeing slowly back into the tank. Now I know it was skinny tubing inflow. An interesting design.
Geez, I always need help with understanding what I'm seeing, thanks for your patient explanations as always. I hope I'm not the only 1 that needs extra help. Maybe we all understand better with my idiot questions...at least I do!
I may share this with my fish sitter friend that recently asked about growing green onions & maybe herbs out of his tank top. Would that be OK? I'm betting yes, this is similar to what I suggested to him but with pics & sponges, a better design! He was more worried about food safety. I said if he doesn't medicate his tank it should be fine for human consumption. He hasn't added new fish for years, just some plants from me. Really, I think he was just checking up on the old neighbors but with a mission too!
I grow hydrocolotyle leucocephala, water lettuce, and creeping Jenny (a terrestrial) in mine. Easy fast growers lol
Could do veggies easily in some pots if you rigged the lights up higher. Or even outside in the summer in a pond, could rig it up to work similarly with some tweaking I'm sure.
Honestly I love these filters. They offer a lot more space for media, and more water volume as well.
I run my asian 20 gallon off of one and my south American riparium off of one. My 5 and 10 are off sponge, and my others canister. I switched to these after HOB conked out too many times on me and never looked back.
And wanna know one of the best parts?
Can "gravel vacuum" the ceramic media every water change for easy quick cleaning.
Oh, and they're fairly cheap. The pump is basically your biggest cost with it. And mine were under $30