600 tenecore tank. Need help on filtration ideas

[CyberPunk]

So I got an awesome deal on a 600 tenecore tank! I made an offer of $1500 on it and they accepted it! Even comes with a stand. From my research it looks like tenecore sells these tanks for around $7k, that sound right???

This thing is so huge compared to the 210 I have now!

So anyways, the tank has a overflow box but is not drilled for a sump. The overflow box in the tank was just used to store some sort of internal filtration in the tank.

I guess my question is should I drill it and install a bulkhead and do like a 75 to 100 gallon sump? This is a freshwater ray tank that will have 6 rays (all 9" or less right now), 1 silver arowana, 1 black arowana, 3 bala sharks, 1 clown fish, 1 large pleco and 2 fire eels (I know, over stocked but hoping good filtration will deal with that).

The dimensions on the tank are 8x3x3. I don’t know why tenecore calls it a 600 when that’s really like 540 gallons or something.

So please tell me what your ideal filtration setup would be if this was your tank.

After I figure out filtration I will only need to figure out how to remove my windows to get the thing in my house!

Thanks in advance!!!!

 

[johndirst]

Grats on the tank purchase and I would say you got a killer deal!

My opinion would be to drill for a wet/dry filter that will give you the flexibility to add more media/pre-filter as needed. With that kind of bio-load you are going to need all the help you can get to keep parameters in check. You can also incorporate an auto-water change setup that will help with the maintenance.

Check out my design here post #36 is what I am currently building.

Look forward to seeing pics of you dismantling your house to get the tank in

 

[kdrun76]

I too am about to pugrade from a 210 to a 540. Watching the ideas getting placed here carefully.

My plan involves a sump tank with a 1200gph pump. I also expect to put an FX5 (do not yet own) and a rena Filstar XP3 (own already) on it.

I have always planned filtration to circulate the entire tank 5-8 times per hour. My current plan is only 4x an hour, so I know I have to keep thinking. I may toss an Emperor 400 or 2 on it. I have those already too.

 

[sashimimaster]

Love to see a pic of that monster.

 

[jsodwi]

Ide drill it and use a big sump under it like a 100g or 125g loaded with bio material. I think there is a thread on bulkhead size and flowrates to see what kind of holes you will need to drill

 

[CyberPunk]

Ide drill it and use a big sump under it like a 100g or 125g loaded with bio material. I think there is a thread on bulkhead size and flowrates to see what kind of holes you will need to drill

Yeah, looks like thats the only way I will accomplish the 8x to 10x turnover I am shooting for. Unless I hook up like 8 FX5s, lol.

 

[CyberPunk]

I am wating for movers right now, I am going to take pics for you guys too see

I will show you the internal filtration it has setup and maybe you guys can tell me if there is osmething i can do with that or not.

 

[CyberPunk]

So I broke my window trying to get the tank into my spare room, so the tank is staying in the garage (Atleast my wifes happy about this). I wonder how much the window guy will charge tomorrow to replace the doouble pane window?

Well this tank is HUGE. It has 2" thick acrylic all around, pretty crazy.

The one interesting thing this tank has is this internal filtration overflow box thing. I took some pictures to get some of your advice on what to do with it. Should I stil with internal filtration? Would it be enough? Should I still drill the tank and do a sump? I also have 2 FX5s, 1 2080 and several other smaller canister filters I could use.

If I was to just go with the internal box thing what do I do with it and fill it with? Hows it even work???

I took some pictures of the new tank but its still dirty as its a used tank and they didnt clean it up at all for me at all. I also took some pictures of my 210 and 75 gallon with my daughter in front for size comparison.

 

[CyberPunk]

I also calculateds the gallons that internal box holds. it holds about 40 gallons.

 

[Griller]

Yeah, looks like thats the only way I will accomplish the 8x to 10x turnover I am shooting for. Unless I hook up like 8 FX5s, lol.

For best turnover your filter needs to be at the same level as the tank. A sump or overhead filter require the pump to push water up against gravity. That costs you turnover. An internal partition filter would achieve that.

Hope this helps.