Hi,
I was decided to set up another tank but I have only one spot available in my living room (after some feasible redecorating): a "corner with 3 walls" (you´ll see what I mean after posting some pics later on) measuring 76 x 22".
The initial idea was to use the lentht but to be much wider (3´). However, I live in a 2nd floor of a 65 y.o.building and after speaking with a friend (civil engineer) he told me "NO WAY!": The floor would never support that tank - leasson learned: never speak with a civil engineer before setting up a tank...
It had to be much lighter; shouldn´t exceed the 300 kgs by m2 (sorry for not converting...)
Anyway, while struggling with the idea of testing the physics... I came across a sale of a 2yo (former SW) tank measuring 72x20x24"h with inox stand, lights (2 x 80w t5) and a 40g sump at a very reasonable price.
It has 1/2 the gallonage I wanted by fits perfectly the area I had and doesn´t create a problem with the floor so.. so I bought it.
This weekend, I proved that I am not so old as my kids usually say and carried it to its final place. The all 2 floors... (of course it didn´t fit the elevator) with only the help of another guy.
Well, that´s the story; let´s get into the set-up.
First of all, this is the tank (pic from the seller) - this pic is good to compare with the final result. I bet you´ll only recognize the glass...
and this is my idea for the filtration
I cleaned and tested for leaks and both tank and sump seem to be fine.
This evening I´ll be putting the eheim substract pro in another tank (to "colonize" the media) and start working on the sump.
I´ll be updating this thread as work progresses.
Your comments/ideas/ suggestions are welcome.
I was decided to set up another tank but I have only one spot available in my living room (after some feasible redecorating): a "corner with 3 walls" (you´ll see what I mean after posting some pics later on) measuring 76 x 22".
The initial idea was to use the lentht but to be much wider (3´). However, I live in a 2nd floor of a 65 y.o.building and after speaking with a friend (civil engineer) he told me "NO WAY!": The floor would never support that tank - leasson learned: never speak with a civil engineer before setting up a tank...
It had to be much lighter; shouldn´t exceed the 300 kgs by m2 (sorry for not converting...)
Anyway, while struggling with the idea of testing the physics... I came across a sale of a 2yo (former SW) tank measuring 72x20x24"h with inox stand, lights (2 x 80w t5) and a 40g sump at a very reasonable price.
It has 1/2 the gallonage I wanted by fits perfectly the area I had and doesn´t create a problem with the floor so.. so I bought it.
This weekend, I proved that I am not so old as my kids usually say and carried it to its final place. The all 2 floors... (of course it didn´t fit the elevator) with only the help of another guy.
Well, that´s the story; let´s get into the set-up.
First of all, this is the tank (pic from the seller) - this pic is good to compare with the final result. I bet you´ll only recognize the glass...
and this is my idea for the filtration
I cleaned and tested for leaks and both tank and sump seem to be fine.
This evening I´ll be putting the eheim substract pro in another tank (to "colonize" the media) and start working on the sump.
I´ll be updating this thread as work progresses.
Your comments/ideas/ suggestions are welcome.
