200gal Acrylic Tank

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maniacmagoo

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In 10 weeks I will be getting my new 200gal tank. I plan to setup a huge planted community tank. I plan on having huge waives of colors swimming around in the tank all over it. I want to know what the best way to setup the tank equipment wise would be. I want to do this tank 100% right from the get go. I plan on using eco complete for substrate, 2- FX-5 for filtration unless there is a better way. I just want to get the best the first time and be done with it. So what do you think the best setup for a 200gal tank would be? I won't know the exact tank dimensions until after I move since it will get built to our new house. Who knows it might end up being alittle bit bigger even. :ROFL:
 
Just my opinion but i prefer wet dry filters to canisters anyday! Get that baby drilled out and slap a wet dry filter on it.
 
wet-dry filter is probably your best bet, some people have trouble using canisters on their acrylic tanks, due to the with of th upper rim on the back
 
thats what i wanna do but i need more money
 
well keep us posted on what u do for sure
 
Well just got off the phone with my wife ( she graduated basic training yesterday in the army ). Anyways looks like I will probably be building my new tank from plywood and be somewhere are 280gal with the dimensions I want to use. 72 x 30 x 30. I'm going to be building the background and sides out of foam for a 3d look so it didn't make alot of sense to pay so much for an acrylic tank to cover most up. Now the fun part is deciding what fish I want to stock in it. :ROFL: I thought about a community ciclid tank but then half of me says a bazillion tetra's, rams, discus, and barbs. We are going to wait to get the "big" tank we want until we get our house built. Well I could build my own acrylic tank I guess hum time to go for a drive.
 
If you are going planted you probably are going to need CO2 depending on light levels and the plant requirements. If so, you will lose a lot of CO2 in a wet/dry filter.
 
JArtiles305 said:
If you are going planted you probably are going to need CO2 depending on light levels and the plant requirements. If so, you will lose a lot of CO2 in a wet/dry filter.
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even if you have a co2 device to put in? i was planning to make my 180 planted but not a lot. only a few and put a co2 device on the sump. i really don't want to put anything in the tank except fish, decors, and nothing else. all equipment (co2, heater, chemical filter, and the rest) in the sump.:(
 
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