Recently finished my tank and plumming. Made a DIY 45gallon wetdry, and also attached my fluval FX6 to the bulkheads in the bottom and have hidden lockline intake/returns. Thanks DN328 & Boldtogether for your help and input!!!
Pre-Drilled aquarium ?
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i'd utilize every hole as a drain and maximize the turn over rate.
you can use the holes in the overflow for a sump or wet/dry &
plumb the canister drain/intake into the bottom holes and what
not. i had a tank the same as this before. plumbed the holes in
the over for a wet/dry trickle and plumbed a the bottom holes to
another sump and one hole for a fx5 intake/drain. sump & wet/dry
both had holes on the top level for the purpose of a emergency drain
in case there is a power outage the water would drain out side
instead of flooding the house. if i was home i would simply turn
the valves and stop everything from draining.
you can use the holes in the overflow for a sump or wet/dry &
plumb the canister drain/intake into the bottom holes and what
not. i had a tank the same as this before. plumbed the holes in
the over for a wet/dry trickle and plumbed a the bottom holes to
another sump and one hole for a fx5 intake/drain. sump & wet/dry
both had holes on the top level for the purpose of a emergency drain
in case there is a power outage the water would drain out side
instead of flooding the house. if i was home i would simply turn
the valves and stop everything from draining.
Beautiful tank and beautiful flowerhorn!
Nice I see you have it up and running and seemed like it went together pretty nice. That is for sure a saltwater setup my father has this in two of his tanks. For me I would just plug the holes as well and just use the overflow. I would still use bulk heads and connect it but put a valve on it and use that for water changes with a quick release at the end. So anytime I want to use it just use the valve and connect the pipe and let gravity do its thing. Only thing I would do is since I would probably have sand in mine connect a PVC pipe an inch above the sand max and cover it with some cave.
Did your pair breed yet?
BTW killer price on the tank and it was "new"
Nice I see you have it up and running and seemed like it went together pretty nice. That is for sure a saltwater setup my father has this in two of his tanks. For me I would just plug the holes as well and just use the overflow. I would still use bulk heads and connect it but put a valve on it and use that for water changes with a quick release at the end. So anytime I want to use it just use the valve and connect the pipe and let gravity do its thing. Only thing I would do is since I would probably have sand in mine connect a PVC pipe an inch above the sand max and cover it with some cave.
Did your pair breed yet?
BTW killer price on the tank and it was "new"
Nice job, Zach. You should have more than enough filtration with the sump AND the canister.
BTW, for the return from your sump, make sure that you do have a check valve or do something to break the siphon. You did such a good job I cannot see in the picture and assume the return is using one of the holes at the bottom?
Better yet, you could run a higher locline towards the surface and creat more surface agitation. Now that you have it all setup just some tweaks you want to think about.
Thanks for sharing man.
BTW, for the return from your sump, make sure that you do have a check valve or do something to break the siphon. You did such a good job I cannot see in the picture and assume the return is using one of the holes at the bottom?
Better yet, you could run a higher locline towards the surface and creat more surface agitation. Now that you have it all setup just some tweaks you want to think about.
Thanks for sharing man.
Thanks! Yeah I prob over did it with the check valves but I put one on the intake pipe and one on the return....just incase I ever needed to adjust flow or stop flow all together. With the 3 holes in the bottom, I plugged one and used the other two holes for my Fluval FX6 (one was intake the other return). The lockline was used on the intake and the return, the intake is hidden under the hollow ornament about 2-3 in above the sand, and the returns are coming out the back of the hollow clam ornament, I used a y fitting on the return so it has two 1/2 inch lockline returns...which worked out well bc i can direct the flow of the water from the sump return with one from the canister return and any debris flows back to the canister intake and the sump overflow. The other locline points up to agitate the surface of the far end of the tank. My water stays crystal clear and stays so much cleaner than my undrilled 90gallon. I will def consider extending the lockline some , however the one from the y fitting does a decent job at the moment of moving the surface at the far end, it's a gentle movement but with the return from the sump is on a 1in lockline that extends about 6 inches and pretty much moves most of the surface of the tank alone when angled right lol, I have a fitting in the end of it that puts more pressure on the water in the return and it does a good job of getting distance in the water movement.
Thanks! Yeah the tank was brand new, never used. I got it from a home decorater on craigslist..they were going to have the tank installed in a clients wall and the client backed out....so they were stuck with the tank and needed it sold asap...it was just a little dusty when I picked it up, it was in their basement. Won the lottery on that tank it feels like lol! Haven't gotten any fry off the flowerhorns yet, the female in the picture just arrived yesterday and she is a proven female....I think my fader female is infertile, she has never laid eggs and is about 5 inches. So fingers cross the new female lays soon....my Male definitely loves her, he has been trying to spawn thru the divider with her lol. I'm going to attempt to introduce them today and see how they do together.
nice nice! seems you got things under control nicely! you should have put a gate ball valve
instead of plugging it then you could have used it as a drain for water changes and or a
emergency drain if the situation ever arises. just my .02.
I might try that I can always uncap it. What is a gate ball valve? Not familiar with that.
ball/gate valve. i have one on every drain/return that way i can control the flow of the
drain/return or close it all the way and stop it completely.
