7ft. ? Gallon custom filtration idea! Feedback pls!

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Myarbro

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I made a post last week in regards to buying a new tank. I have roughly 7 feet of wall space to put the tank against. I would like to get as many gallons in that space as possible. My ultimate goal is a Jardini Arowana. (Although this is a bit off topic, do you think I can squeeze 2 Jardini’s in a 7ft tank? I ask not just because of the limits on size, but the well known aggression of the Jardini’s.)

If there is one thing that interests me just as much as the actual fish I keep, it is the filtration system. As a result, I want to come up with a custom wet/dry system. Money, time, and patience is not an issue with me, so I want to go all out and crazy.

I was just going to get a regular wet/dry filter until I saw the filter system in the last 3 or so minutes of this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=magQpeXpMxQ

I thought it was an amazing setup and would like to do my best to mimic a few parts of it.

Bear with me here…

Starts like all wet/dry systems, overflow, mechanical filter, then drips on to bio-balls. Next stage, I would like to have a chemical filter, and then from there, the water gets pumped back to the top of the tank. However, instead of it going directly back into the tank, I want to mimic the part of that video where they have the plant setup at the top to help minimize nitrates. I think this would look really cool. A strip of plants at the top of your tank! I would also like to trow in a couple counter currents to help circulation inside the tank.

Let me know what you guys think! Any suggestions on building, maintenance, or brand name equipment to use would be most welcome.
 
two jars would do fine a 7 ft long and a 3ft deep tank. start with two small jars because trying to comm two big ones together that never met will be pretty hard and most likely end up with one dead. as for filtration, a wet dry sump will do and maybe an fx5 just for back up.
 
Ah, and I suppose 2 ft deep is too small for even 1 Jardini? And do you really recommend the FX5 as a backup? I do like the idea of having something there just in case something goes wrong with the wet/dry sump.


I know I don't exactly need the plants for the system, but like I said, I am fascinated by filters, and I think having a row of plants on the top in that video would be really nice looking, especially if it serves a purpose.
 
Ah, and I suppose 2 ft deep is too small for even 1 Jardini? And do you really recommend the FX5 as a backup? I do like the idea of having something there just in case something goes wrong with the wet/dry sump.


I know I don't exactly need the plants for the system, but like I said, I am fascinated by filters, and I think having a row of plants on the top in that video would be really nice looking, especially if it serves a purpose.
 
BadOleRoss;4197185; said:
I think if you have 7' of space under your tank and build your own sump with a wet/dry and mechanical filtration that utilized most of the space you will not have an issue with nitrates regardless of the plants.
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Do you mean the volume will be large enough that nitrates will be slower to build up? Any system will accumilate nitrates and any plants that will grow in the system will help pull out the nitrates.

I think with a 7ft tank and a custum sump there could easily be an area for plants along with some lighting. I believe some one lese on here is working on setting up a sump with plants.
 
I think he meant that I won't need the the plants to control the nitrates. However, I am a purist when it comes to my water condition. It's a challenge I thouroughly enjoy.

btw, sorry for the double post. Not sure how it happened and I can't seem to delete.
 
even though its 6 feet long, the Marineland "deep dimension' 300g 72x36x27 would be a great stock tank to go with if you decide to go that route.

dimension wise, its your best bet from a stock tank I think. 3 feet of width combined with 6 feet of length is as large of a swimming area as you can get from an off the shelf tank at the moment..
 
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