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carnivoure12
Hear the Call of Nepenthes
Cool Looks my idea is spreading!
theyellowdart
sea bear returns!
Bob, try www.Drsfosterandsmith.com. I get a lot of my aquarium stuff there...I'm sure they have a smaller pump. (In fact I'm positive they do.)
If you want, you can just get the 50 gph pump and cut off a couple of the intake pinion needles/paddles to lower the power of the flow. A lot of people do this in the reefing community.
Pet, in your design, why not have the pump on the bottom in the water tray and a pipe leading up to the plant with a 90 degree pvc elbow at the end? That would probably be a lot easier to set up and and might even look a little better.
If you want, you can just get the 50 gph pump and cut off a couple of the intake pinion needles/paddles to lower the power of the flow. A lot of people do this in the reefing community.
Pet, in your design, why not have the pump on the bottom in the water tray and a pipe leading up to the plant with a 90 degree pvc elbow at the end? That would probably be a lot easier to set up and and might even look a little better.
carnivoure12
Hear the Call of Nepenthes
Pe, the whole pump system was my idea which I told you on the chatbox 
theyellowdart
sea bear returns!
Found a perfect one already.
I don't think a 13 year old could have a credit card. :3 Or paypal.
I wouldn't buy all that fancy schmancy stuff just yet, just test your conditions out. For a while I was scared of Darlintonia until someone gave me one, and I just tried it out in my bog, and it's growing fine.
I would just test and see before buying all this stuff.
I wouldn't buy all that fancy schmancy stuff just yet, just test your conditions out. For a while I was scared of Darlintonia until someone gave me one, and I just tried it out in my bog, and it's growing fine.
I would just test and see before buying all this stuff.
theyellowdart
sea bear returns!
No, but a 13 year old usually has parents with a credit card and paypal.
I'm just improving the design, not endorsing it.
seedjar
Let's positive thinking!
Yes - bigger is better. Look for a pot that's used for young trees or hedges - something that's deeper than it is wide. I have most of my adult pitcher plants in pots that are a foot or more deep and they love it. Darlingtonia like to spread out and bud off new plants in bigger containers, so it's worth the effort to find a nice, big pot for them. You might ask your dad to buy an apple tree or something similar - get one that comes in a nursery pot and then you get a big pot for less than the price of a large planter from the garden store, and a tree as a bonus. If you search around you can probably find a large bucket that will work for a reservoir, or you can use an open container like a plastic wading pool. Concrete mixing tubs from building supply stores also make good water trays, and they're generally less than ten dollars.
Look for small fountain pumps and the like. I don't come across them as often as the big pond-sized ones, but they're out there. If you find a smaller pump and there's still too much flow, you can always connect multiple hoses and divert some of the output elsewhere, like to other plants, or just back into your reservoir. You'll see offerings for live Sphagnum on the trade board from time to time - it's not too hard to come by.
Thanks for the link, NaN - that's one of the best threads we have for the subject. For emphasis:
~Joe
