Can't wait for my flatty, blue, and RTCxTSN to go in. My blue is really outgrowing his 180. So overall here is a summary of the system.
The tank is calculated at exactly about 800 gallons. 3 twenty five gallon sump filters are filled with PVC ribbon and foams. A simple storage container houses the floss and holes trickle water over media. One sump flows into the next and into the next. I settled on the Iron Might pump which is fairly quiet and is very energy efficient. All plumbing is PVC. Two discharge nozzles make surface and bottom circulation. In addition, a circulation pump at 800 gph with air stone in suction provides strong bottom current and fractionating. Three bulkhead overflows put water to sumps. Lighting is on simple timers using led strip lighting adhered to a 2x2 played on top of lid. Lid is made of clear poly carbonate roofing panels. I also plumbed a bottom drain in a sump of the sand to do water changes and flush waste that accumulates there. The blue max was painted with black fusion with black waterfall foam for texture here and there. The product that truly made this a great build is the Chemlink M1. I highly recomend it for unique aquarium sealing conditions. I used a bead in seams before using bluemax to provide an elastic bridge over critical areas. I also applied a bead after blue max. That coupled with two layers of fabric in the liquid rubber provides a very durable yet flexible transition.
The sand is pool filter sand with small riverrock s mixed in. The tree was from a lake that it had been soaking in already. It came from area I caught state record Flathead in for good measure
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The tank is calculated at exactly about 800 gallons. 3 twenty five gallon sump filters are filled with PVC ribbon and foams. A simple storage container houses the floss and holes trickle water over media. One sump flows into the next and into the next. I settled on the Iron Might pump which is fairly quiet and is very energy efficient. All plumbing is PVC. Two discharge nozzles make surface and bottom circulation. In addition, a circulation pump at 800 gph with air stone in suction provides strong bottom current and fractionating. Three bulkhead overflows put water to sumps. Lighting is on simple timers using led strip lighting adhered to a 2x2 played on top of lid. Lid is made of clear poly carbonate roofing panels. I also plumbed a bottom drain in a sump of the sand to do water changes and flush waste that accumulates there. The blue max was painted with black fusion with black waterfall foam for texture here and there. The product that truly made this a great build is the Chemlink M1. I highly recomend it for unique aquarium sealing conditions. I used a bead in seams before using bluemax to provide an elastic bridge over critical areas. I also applied a bead after blue max. That coupled with two layers of fabric in the liquid rubber provides a very durable yet flexible transition.
The sand is pool filter sand with small riverrock s mixed in. The tree was from a lake that it had been soaking in already. It came from area I caught state record Flathead in for good measure
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