Okay. Please bear with me. Hopefully, I don't get you guys too confused, along with myself as I type this up. First off, my wife and I are purchasing a 300 Gallon Deep Dimension Marineland tank here. This tank is going to be used to house a 10+ year old Fly River Turtle. http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/Product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=22044
Included in this package is the tank, stand, canopy, glass lids, and after talking with Perfecto, it also includes the plumbing for inside the tank and bulkheads. We were originally contemplating buying an entire system as the one seen here.
http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=21462
But, we are going to use the Marineland Double Bright LED lighting system, amongst a few other small changes, so it seemed unnecessary to buy the entire system package and get the double strip light which we would not use or need. We are planning to use the Marineland Model 4 Sump (in addition to 2 canister filters) with this tank and the (2) 5500 Maxi-Jet pumps. As I understand it, the sump system does not include the return connection components. My main concern is figuring out what piping I need to acquire to complete the system and if it will be difficult to find the rest of the parts.
I've included the pdf file for the Marineland Model 4 pump below, if that helps.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Media/PDF/34157-MarinelandAcrylicSumpInstructions.pdf
By pricing it out this way, it looks like the money we potentially save will allow us to buy the LED Double Bright lighting package and still be under the entire system price.
Thanks for any help!
Included in this package is the tank, stand, canopy, glass lids, and after talking with Perfecto, it also includes the plumbing for inside the tank and bulkheads. We were originally contemplating buying an entire system as the one seen here.
http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=21462
But, we are going to use the Marineland Double Bright LED lighting system, amongst a few other small changes, so it seemed unnecessary to buy the entire system package and get the double strip light which we would not use or need. We are planning to use the Marineland Model 4 Sump (in addition to 2 canister filters) with this tank and the (2) 5500 Maxi-Jet pumps. As I understand it, the sump system does not include the return connection components. My main concern is figuring out what piping I need to acquire to complete the system and if it will be difficult to find the rest of the parts.
I've included the pdf file for the Marineland Model 4 pump below, if that helps.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Media/PDF/34157-MarinelandAcrylicSumpInstructions.pdf
By pricing it out this way, it looks like the money we potentially save will allow us to buy the LED Double Bright lighting package and still be under the entire system price.
Thanks for any help!
