Nice..... Were you able to get the school to pay for the setup?
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CREATING THE ULTIMATE FILTRATION AND EVOLVING WITH YOUR FISH!!!!!!
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Nice..... Were you able to get the school to pay for the setup?
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Everyday this thread makes me think of my future design sump/filtration system for my 475! Really confused right now! Im confused because of this great thread!
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Thanks, it is a nice compact system. It should be plenty of filter for the tank. I could fill the bio canister with a more compact media, but it came with the bioballs and I think they will be more than adequate.
Nice..... Were you able to get the school to pay for the setup?
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The school (parents' club, actually) paid for the cabinet. Everything else was donated - filters, pumps, LED lighting. I paid for the plumbing myself, it really wasn't too much.
Another very much Key component to filtration Water movement Is water Changes and they have not even been talked about Yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!For myself this is a huge +++++ on the closed loop system While i am doing water changes the closed loop system continues to run not only keeping the noise level exactly the same but mixing the "aged " water existing from the week and the "fresh" new water coming in ...To me this is very important not stressing the fish making sure everything stays calm and hardly notice what is going on !!!!!! Very key not to upset the fish in my book!!!! Here are a couple pics in the middle of my water change look at the eyes look at the color NOT upset NO heavy breathing and actually begging for food during!!!!
Keep in mind guys these fish are 2 feet long and a few are a little smaller but well you get the Idea......
How long does it take you to do a water change Hu and how much do you change?
I'm now a very firm believer in aging the water before adding it to the tank. After seeing what settles out of the water I feel I owe my fish an apology for putting that crap in their tank for so many years...... Absolutely unbelievable what settles out after aerating for just a day. And this water is ran through 2 whole house carbon filter prior to going into the tubs for aeration......
It may be a huge ++++ to not have to shut down your closed loop system, BUT if you design the inferior open loop system properly there's no need to shut it down during water changes either.
I'm now a very firm believer in aging the water before adding it to the tank. After seeing what settles out of the water I feel I owe my fish an apology for putting that crap in their tank for so many years...... Absolutely unbelievable what settles out after aerating for just a day. And this water is ran through 2 whole house carbon filter prior to going into the tubs for aeration......
It may be a huge ++++ to not have to shut down your closed loop system, BUT if you design the inferior open loop system properly there's no need to shut it down during water changes either.
It takes less then 30 minutes to change out 350 gallons of water weekly DB ..And i am not saying that open design is inferior at all different folks Different strokes Ya know!!!!
Another ++++ for closed loop is i also take out or Backwash 113 gallons a day Every day DB !!!!! Now that is for nitrate all the waste that is caught by my filters is ''REMOVED" every day !!~!!! therefore it does not get converted !!!!Now it took me months to finally reach this regiment for this tank ...You can go to far !!!! Or to Little practicing this and like i say it took Months for me to reach my "sweet spot " for this tank alot of experimenting and guess what "failure " also before winning a few Victories!!!!!
Awsome get more detailed and explain with pics actually how the system works i assume this is a retail shop?????
It takes less then 30 minutes to change out 350 gallons of water weekly DB ..And i am not saying that open design is inferior at all different folks Different strokes Ya know!!!!
30 min for 350 gallons? So you are holding/aging water too?
So you're doing 113gallons everyday via back flushing then 350 gallons as a big weekend water change? Am I understanding this right? So do these filters need back flushed everyday then? Your WC schedule is about as clear as your plumbing diagrams.... LOL
Takes me an hour just to refill my water change tubs (250 gallons). I couldn't handle watching water refill the tank, so I plumbed these tubs into the sump so that as soon as I get float valves the tubs will just refill during the day while I'm at work, then when I get home I just crack the ball valves...... A rush of 250 gallons of aged cold water. Thanks to a huge sump I can do this without turning anything off.
My big tank is the only system I have going that isn't what I call an over/under. All the rest are 2 tanks stacked, and both plumbed to one sump. Fed with either 2 pumps or a single pump that splits water between the 2 tanks via ball valves. Water change time is simply grabbing drains that I made from 1.5 that run from the tank to the floor drain. Rubber grommet allows sealing to the drain in the floor (without this a ball valve must be used to restrict the water flow as a 1.5 under siphon is a lot more then the drain likes) I'll just cut one of the tanks, drain and refill and return flow. This way I can get decent sized water changes done without ever having to shut the systems down.
