I think that i have some of the crazier DIY systems around. Not the nicest or the most hardcore, but definitely crazy....
This was a build thread that I did a while after I installed the tank: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?360981-210-Gallon-Custom-Install
All the filtration is in the crawl-space of my house. For the most part it is housed in a 300 gallon Rubbermaid sump, but there is also a couple of NuClear canisters as well as an old 2017 Eheim.
In the sump are 4 bucket filters filled with a total of about 20 gallons of bioballs and three more buckets with 7x16 200 micron socks filtering the incoming tank water. The sump serves two tanks - a 135G in my garage and a 210G in my living room.
Left side:
Right side:
There is also one more PVC sock holder with a Rio 2500 that filters the sump water.
A series of NuClear canisters (100micron and 25 micron) are powered by an Iwaki MD55RLT in a closed loop on the 210G.
I built an automatic water change system that utilizes a DIY heat exchanger to warm the incoming well water with the outgoing tank water. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...IY-Heat-Exchanger-for-Automatic-Water-Changes
I adjust it down to around 50 GPD in the winter and up to about 100GPD in the summer and am able to heat about 500 gallons of water with 1100W of heaters.
The plumbing for the 210G is accessed through a couple of cabinet doors in the laundry room.
I run a sort of a Herbie drain system with one of the "Megaflow" overflows using a restricted syphon and the other overflow flowing just a little and acting as an emergency drain. Both the drains and the return are in the left access panel.
The right access panel contains the intake and return for the closed loop system as well as a Pinpoint Marine temperature controller.
Under the tank the only visible equipment is a Tsunami wavemaker/feeding-timer.
A soffit lined with sound insulation board covers the drain plumbing.
Lighting consists of three Marineland Double-bright fixtures (36",24" and 18") mounted on a tray that extends out for access to the lights and in for access to the tank.
Lights in the 'in' position.
The upper cabinets also have slide-out shelves, one of them is for fish food and the others belong to the wife.
Next I will upload some pictures of the actual tanks....
This was a build thread that I did a while after I installed the tank: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?360981-210-Gallon-Custom-Install
All the filtration is in the crawl-space of my house. For the most part it is housed in a 300 gallon Rubbermaid sump, but there is also a couple of NuClear canisters as well as an old 2017 Eheim.
In the sump are 4 bucket filters filled with a total of about 20 gallons of bioballs and three more buckets with 7x16 200 micron socks filtering the incoming tank water. The sump serves two tanks - a 135G in my garage and a 210G in my living room.
Left side:
Right side:
There is also one more PVC sock holder with a Rio 2500 that filters the sump water.
A series of NuClear canisters (100micron and 25 micron) are powered by an Iwaki MD55RLT in a closed loop on the 210G.
I built an automatic water change system that utilizes a DIY heat exchanger to warm the incoming well water with the outgoing tank water. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...IY-Heat-Exchanger-for-Automatic-Water-Changes
I adjust it down to around 50 GPD in the winter and up to about 100GPD in the summer and am able to heat about 500 gallons of water with 1100W of heaters.
The plumbing for the 210G is accessed through a couple of cabinet doors in the laundry room.
I run a sort of a Herbie drain system with one of the "Megaflow" overflows using a restricted syphon and the other overflow flowing just a little and acting as an emergency drain. Both the drains and the return are in the left access panel.
The right access panel contains the intake and return for the closed loop system as well as a Pinpoint Marine temperature controller.
Under the tank the only visible equipment is a Tsunami wavemaker/feeding-timer.
A soffit lined with sound insulation board covers the drain plumbing.
Lighting consists of three Marineland Double-bright fixtures (36",24" and 18") mounted on a tray that extends out for access to the lights and in for access to the tank.
Lights in the 'in' position.
The upper cabinets also have slide-out shelves, one of them is for fish food and the others belong to the wife.
Next I will upload some pictures of the actual tanks....
