375 gallon glass tank build
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I definitely need to start hangin out with some indy cichlid guys...I've only been fish keeping for a little over a year and I just started cichlid keeping a month ago. I'll check when the next IndyCichlidClub meeting is and hopefully I can attend!
Just went through the whole thread. What an amazing tank and stand build. The craftsmanship on the stand is fantastic. I really like the look of the whole project. Thanks for sharing the work and congratulations on your new son.
That's something that I can't find words to describe. The stand and canopy are works of art, they are just beautiful. The tank is amazing, I wouldn't ever attempt in my life to build a tank like that by myself. But you've done an excellent job and it looks great so far, I look forward to seeing it scaped and full of fish, you plan to keep guppies don't you, haha.
How would you go about cleaning that sump with it as close to the stand as it is? Like if you really needed to get into it or change any pads or whatever, it looks awful tight. And do you have a link to an explanation of that drip system you're talking about, I'm interested in that. Is that what you plan to use for water changes or is it to keep the tank from overflowing?
How would you go about cleaning that sump with it as close to the stand as it is? Like if you really needed to get into it or change any pads or whatever, it looks awful tight. And do you have a link to an explanation of that drip system you're talking about, I'm interested in that. Is that what you plan to use for water changes or is it to keep the tank from overflowing?
Thanks everyone.
APAC- glad to see another local guy around
JohnJon- I built the stand as I went along, and didn't keep measurements of the parts I used. I just kind of did it on the fly. The stand is made out of oak.
Porkchop- I have about 4-5" above the sump between the joists to the upper part of the stand. It is enough room to get the filter pads out for cleaning, but certainly not the most convenient. I don't have a thread on my drip system, but here is a link to the drip system I modeled mine after: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27474&highlight=drip+system
There are two big differences between my drip system and the one in the above thread. First, my tap water has chloramines, so I have to use a different and unfortunately more expensive type of carbon filter to break the chloramines down (http://www.thefilterguys.biz/chloramine_filters.htm). The result of this breakdown after passing through the chloramine filter is that I now have water with small amounts of ammonia in it. I drip this water directly into the tank, and my biological filtration takes care of the ammonia from the chloramine breakdown. The downside to this is that I essentially am dripping in water that contains nitrates (the end product of the ammonia/nitrogen cycle), so I never will be able to acheive 0 nitrates. I think my tank runs about 10ppm on nitrates most of the time, which is pretty decent all things considered.
I also use a brass pressure regulator instead of the one in the linked thread. I used the cheap plastic one first, and it lasted about 1 month before it broke and leaked a fair amount of water into my crawl space. Luckily I caught it within 24 hours. The brass pressure regulator was more expensive ($50-80), but it has been functioning for over two years without any problems.
APAC- glad to see another local guy around
JohnJon- I built the stand as I went along, and didn't keep measurements of the parts I used. I just kind of did it on the fly. The stand is made out of oak.
Porkchop- I have about 4-5" above the sump between the joists to the upper part of the stand. It is enough room to get the filter pads out for cleaning, but certainly not the most convenient. I don't have a thread on my drip system, but here is a link to the drip system I modeled mine after: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27474&highlight=drip+system
There are two big differences between my drip system and the one in the above thread. First, my tap water has chloramines, so I have to use a different and unfortunately more expensive type of carbon filter to break the chloramines down (http://www.thefilterguys.biz/chloramine_filters.htm). The result of this breakdown after passing through the chloramine filter is that I now have water with small amounts of ammonia in it. I drip this water directly into the tank, and my biological filtration takes care of the ammonia from the chloramine breakdown. The downside to this is that I essentially am dripping in water that contains nitrates (the end product of the ammonia/nitrogen cycle), so I never will be able to acheive 0 nitrates. I think my tank runs about 10ppm on nitrates most of the time, which is pretty decent all things considered.
I also use a brass pressure regulator instead of the one in the linked thread. I used the cheap plastic one first, and it lasted about 1 month before it broke and leaked a fair amount of water into my crawl space. Luckily I caught it within 24 hours. The brass pressure regulator was more expensive ($50-80), but it has been functioning for over two years without any problems.
