I'm planning to make a new aquarium from 920 to 1200 gallon. At the moment i'm mostly busy with drawning and looking how i want to
make this. A few months ago i finished building a 581 US gallon Malawi aquarium, i liked making it and i'm satisfied with the result.
At that time i choose some options just because they where safe, but also because it was the first time i was making an aquarium this big.
Mostly people are watching to space and keeping the energy bill as low as possible, in my cause space is not a problem and to keep the
energy bill low i see several options.
With the energy cost of my Malawi aquarium i'm at a pretty low level (to get/keep the water on temperature i use the central heating
system in the house and for light i use leds).
So also for the new aquarium i want to build i don't see much trouble it both issues. But that is also why i want to share this part of
creating the new aquarium already, because i'm interested what others have to say about this part of the build.
I was thinking of placing a solar collector for the water and for the light i was thinking of placing a solar panel and i want to use leds
again (12). I understood that 12v is making it easier to use a solar panel.
For the filter: i can't place it behind the aquarium or underneath cause i want to build the aquarium from the floor (so no substructure of
the aquarium). I'm not a big fan of a wet filter anyway (with the Malawi aquarium i made a combination of wet, dry and sand filter), so in
this case i don't want to make a wet filter. I was thinking of making a filter on top of the aquarium with a big dry filter and a a shallow wet
filter whole filled with substrate and planted. And than i want to make the part with the plants visible.
I got the idea from the pond technique, i had a big plant filter for my pond in the garden and was pleased with it. So why not use it for the
aquarium technique as well? Its a bit the paludarium idea......but than different. Goal is mostly to get a good filtering. And i don't want to
get a viewing window in one pieces, but in parts in the front. This way i can also keep the cost for the glass lower. But also because i want
to make it a bit different than a normal aquarium.
I hope to start building within 4 to 6 weeks from now. I want to make this aquarium in a corner.
I want to post the build on several forums......not only for getting backup, but also to hear from others what they think of it or what ideas
they have about it. I keep fish for about 20 years now and also like to talk about it (the fish, the technique...). Through the forum but also person to person so if you want to grab a plane..........the coffee is always ready here!
make this. A few months ago i finished building a 581 US gallon Malawi aquarium, i liked making it and i'm satisfied with the result.
At that time i choose some options just because they where safe, but also because it was the first time i was making an aquarium this big.
Mostly people are watching to space and keeping the energy bill as low as possible, in my cause space is not a problem and to keep the
energy bill low i see several options.
With the energy cost of my Malawi aquarium i'm at a pretty low level (to get/keep the water on temperature i use the central heating
system in the house and for light i use leds).
So also for the new aquarium i want to build i don't see much trouble it both issues. But that is also why i want to share this part of
creating the new aquarium already, because i'm interested what others have to say about this part of the build.
I was thinking of placing a solar collector for the water and for the light i was thinking of placing a solar panel and i want to use leds
again (12). I understood that 12v is making it easier to use a solar panel.
For the filter: i can't place it behind the aquarium or underneath cause i want to build the aquarium from the floor (so no substructure of
the aquarium). I'm not a big fan of a wet filter anyway (with the Malawi aquarium i made a combination of wet, dry and sand filter), so in
this case i don't want to make a wet filter. I was thinking of making a filter on top of the aquarium with a big dry filter and a a shallow wet
filter whole filled with substrate and planted. And than i want to make the part with the plants visible.
I got the idea from the pond technique, i had a big plant filter for my pond in the garden and was pleased with it. So why not use it for the
aquarium technique as well? Its a bit the paludarium idea......but than different. Goal is mostly to get a good filtering. And i don't want to
get a viewing window in one pieces, but in parts in the front. This way i can also keep the cost for the glass lower. But also because i want
to make it a bit different than a normal aquarium.
I hope to start building within 4 to 6 weeks from now. I want to make this aquarium in a corner.
I want to post the build on several forums......not only for getting backup, but also to hear from others what they think of it or what ideas
they have about it. I keep fish for about 20 years now and also like to talk about it (the fish, the technique...). Through the forum but also person to person so if you want to grab a plane..........the coffee is always ready here!
