141x29x31 inch 360x75x80 work in progress
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The cupboard under the hopper is just about ready, the intention is to get some electrical connections in it as a number of timers for lighting.
I started with a few things, I still want to do, while waiting for the leaching of the new aquarium.
I want the filter system connected to the reservoir of the toilet so that when you flush the toilet you do that with used aquarium water and the aquarium fills with fresh clean tap water (you would normally flush the toilet with).
This way you get every day some fresh water in the aquarium system, depending on how often you use the toilet.
We have historically done this before, it works fine and the 3 or 2 weekly water changes are no longer necessary, moreover, in this way no water thrown away. Now, this example with an aquarium of 300 liters is not that big a problem.
In our case, the tank system is out of 5000 liters.
In this way, the water quality values and always on the same level.
A major disadvantage of this method of water changes is that for example, every day you need 150 liters of water to add unheated, here I make a buffer of about 250 liters, where the water is heated by including a number of central lines and in a later stage the planned solar collector.
The buffer will be placed behind the existing filterline.
When for some reason i don't want to continue with the things i wrote about above, the buffer can be connected to the filter system.
I started with a few things, I still want to do, while waiting for the leaching of the new aquarium.
I want the filter system connected to the reservoir of the toilet so that when you flush the toilet you do that with used aquarium water and the aquarium fills with fresh clean tap water (you would normally flush the toilet with).
This way you get every day some fresh water in the aquarium system, depending on how often you use the toilet.
We have historically done this before, it works fine and the 3 or 2 weekly water changes are no longer necessary, moreover, in this way no water thrown away. Now, this example with an aquarium of 300 liters is not that big a problem.
In our case, the tank system is out of 5000 liters.
In this way, the water quality values and always on the same level.
A major disadvantage of this method of water changes is that for example, every day you need 150 liters of water to add unheated, here I make a buffer of about 250 liters, where the water is heated by including a number of central lines and in a later stage the planned solar collector.
The buffer will be placed behind the existing filterline.
When for some reason i don't want to continue with the things i wrote about above, the buffer can be connected to the filter system.
Awesome mahhhnnn !!!!!! Really great thing about the flush. ! I always felt guilty when I was doing water changes, I use to water the garden with the waste water..!
I drove to Groningen(the north part of the Netherlands) I bought a bundle of kienwood
for 50 euros.
I checked the price of that stuff and came to the conclusion that you per kilo driftwood also some semi-precious can buy.
I think the 50 euros that I paid is not too much to spent.
I don't know if you can also buy this in the rest of the world, but from this wood i only know its taken on a small scale at the border between The Netherlands and Germany. Its very common to use here in aquariums. Kienwood can be thousands of years old.
Kien Wood is a remnant of forests that covered the earth in ages. Trunks and stumps of them were in the wet peat contact and it sank deeper and deeper way. The wood has been over the centuries under a common meter thick acidic peat should be placed providing it with oxygen cut off, was well preserved. In raised bogs are found remains of oak, pine, birch and alder. In peat but lacks the willow and ash are also often present. The peat by this material is often a less desirable byproduct. In the peat areas, however, was much used as a fuel, an advantage in earlier times was that it gave on burning bright. The wood, that dig in wet and soft, after some weeks of hard by air-drying. Even if timber could driftwood that under favorable conditions had been preserved properly serve.
for 50 euros.
I checked the price of that stuff and came to the conclusion that you per kilo driftwood also some semi-precious can buy.
I think the 50 euros that I paid is not too much to spent.
I don't know if you can also buy this in the rest of the world, but from this wood i only know its taken on a small scale at the border between The Netherlands and Germany. Its very common to use here in aquariums. Kienwood can be thousands of years old.
Kien Wood is a remnant of forests that covered the earth in ages. Trunks and stumps of them were in the wet peat contact and it sank deeper and deeper way. The wood has been over the centuries under a common meter thick acidic peat should be placed providing it with oxygen cut off, was well preserved. In raised bogs are found remains of oak, pine, birch and alder. In peat but lacks the willow and ash are also often present. The peat by this material is often a less desirable byproduct. In the peat areas, however, was much used as a fuel, an advantage in earlier times was that it gave on burning bright. The wood, that dig in wet and soft, after some weeks of hard by air-drying. Even if timber could driftwood that under favorable conditions had been preserved properly serve.
I am jealous!!!! that's some fantastic peices of wood you got. I need to go wood hunting soon at the local river, but I know I won't be finding anythign that nice, great find!
I have to put the wood in the water, but cant do it in my new aquarium at the moment, because its empty again to make some small adjustments. So i made something in the garden from some old table parts and put some pond liner in it, so i can leave the wood in there for 2 or 3 weeks. Strange the outside arena is about 240 cm long and 60 cm high. I used about 20 screws and never thought about the sides not going to hold it or not being waterproof. Unlike the new aquarium i'm building and using all kinds of special materials (screws and glue).
I took the water out of the 360 aquarium to make some small adjustments to the mounting of the window. And now i'm waiting to get my ordered liquid pond liner to finish it of.
Most time last week i spend on making the filter and finish of everything with wood. I still need to place some slats but its mostly finished.
And the filter needs also to be made waterproof, so thats why i also need the pond liner i ordered.
Off the side of the Malawi aquarium are the filter/buffer parts now ground floor. Both aquariums are now through the in and out flow bins on the sides of the aquariums linked.
I hope in the next few days to lay the pipe to the toilet, and a water supply line from the meter cupboard. I need to drill through the floor for this several times, this is tricky. At certain points there are a bunch of pipes in the concrete.
Most time last week i spend on making the filter and finish of everything with wood. I still need to place some slats but its mostly finished.
And the filter needs also to be made waterproof, so thats why i also need the pond liner i ordered.
Off the side of the Malawi aquarium are the filter/buffer parts now ground floor. Both aquariums are now through the in and out flow bins on the sides of the aquariums linked.
I hope in the next few days to lay the pipe to the toilet, and a water supply line from the meter cupboard. I need to drill through the floor for this several times, this is tricky. At certain points there are a bunch of pipes in the concrete.
Beautiful garden, beautiful aquarium...you my friend are a lucky man. Makes for a very stress free environment! I hope my wife doesn't see this one as she has been on me to build a water garden out back 
