Just got the green light for a 120!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
okay great! thanks everybody for your help. so the set-up will be;
4x2x2 with a beamswork 48 inch double bright for lighting, 2 300 watt heaters and for filtration an aquatop cf 500uv and an ac 110

also a quick question whats a good brand of a pool filter sand or just sand in general?

the stock will be
1 AT dat
1 false gar
1 pink tailed chalceus
1 leopard ctenopoma
3 ropefish
1 palmas pollis
1 senegalus
1delhezi
1 lima Shovelnose


Does everything sound good?
 
In my experience a 150 watt works on a 65 gallon fine so thats why I said that but I gues more would be a little better...
 
oscaroo said:
In my experience a 150 watt works on a 65 gallon fine so thats why I said that but I gues more would be a little better...
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A 150 on a 65 is a lil low. I use 250 watts on my 20 gallon. Overkill is always best no matter what in this hobby. Heaters malfunction all the time so more is better. Plus its less stress on the heaters when 2 work together

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AQUAMONSTER said:
A 150 on a 65 is a lil low. I use 250 watts on my 20 gallon. Overkill is always best no matter what in this hobby. Heaters malfunction all the time so more is better. Plus its less stress on the heaters when 2 work together

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From what I've seen heaters tend to malfunction and stay on more than they just die. I would say lower on the wattage scale would be better.
150w or 200w should be fine. I use a 150w Eheim Jager on my 50 gallon.
 
njmduff said:
From what I've seen heaters tend to malfunction and stay on more than they just die. I would say lower on the wattage scale would be better.
150w or 200w should be fine. I use a 150w Eheim Jager on my 50 gallon.
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I've only had 2 heaters malfunction on me in 11 years of fish keeping. Both were on tanks that I should have had higher wattage heaters. Since then I've always had 2 heaters in each tank just in case and all are over 250 watts. Its no fun to come home and ur one heater cooked or died and ur fish are dead. Always use 2 heaters

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so i just talked to my lfs and they said that they only get AT dats in every once in a blue moon basically. so i think im just going to buy IT dats and sell them to the lfs when they out grow the tank, at what size should i begin to think about returning them? (this wont be a problem for some time seeing as they are slooooooow growers) but im ju
 
I have a 300W on my 220 and my water is 80 degrees...


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SePPii said:
I have a 300W on my 220 and my water is 80 degrees...


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Yea, I do see the pros of having two heaters but I think 600 watts is abit much. I think im going to do a 300 and a 150 or something like that. Anyone have any ideas on sand, filtration, and the stock? Im thinking about adding a couple more leopard ctenopoma but idk I might just leave it

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