Hey guys. I want to do a rack system that holds 6 20 gallon long tanks and 4 29 gallon tanks. The 20 gallon tanks will be plumbed to one large sump, while the 29's will be on their own filtration systems. The tanks will be drilled by me (it will be my first time!)
It will be used for breeding plecos. I know the drawbacks, such as disease spread and such, but I feel with adaquate filtration, water changes, diet, and a UV sterylizer, everything should be ok.
The plecos that I hope to own would be L-134, L-204, L-46(doubt it, but it would be nice), L-201, L-10a, L-66, brittlenose, L-183, L-02, L-260, L-333, Hypan. sp. "Rio Xingu", 270, 273 and/or 239. I will narrow my list down, but those are some hopefuls.
My tank stand will be 113.5" long, 35" wide and 36" tall. This will fit my 6 20 longs(30"x12") side ways, and 3 29 gallon tanks, with 4" of space in left.
The 6 tank system sump will be a 30 gallon rubbermaid, about 20 gallons of bio media and an 1800 gph pump. I was going to go with the Mag Drive 18. I was going to use it as an EXTERNAL pump, not in my sump. But before everyone flips out about the small size, this is how I have it planned.
I plan on having the tanks drilled on the bottom left hand corner. I will use a durso stand pipe. I will have NO drip plate on my sump. With 6 drains from my tanks, I think there will be enough water flow through the sump to splash all over my bio media. For mechanical filtration, I was going to get 150 micron filter socks to go on the end of my durso stand pipe drain.
What do you guys think. I have a little bit of wood at my house now, so I've already started building a bit. I'll upload a supply list of mine in a minute.
It will be used for breeding plecos. I know the drawbacks, such as disease spread and such, but I feel with adaquate filtration, water changes, diet, and a UV sterylizer, everything should be ok.
The plecos that I hope to own would be L-134, L-204, L-46(doubt it, but it would be nice), L-201, L-10a, L-66, brittlenose, L-183, L-02, L-260, L-333, Hypan. sp. "Rio Xingu", 270, 273 and/or 239. I will narrow my list down, but those are some hopefuls.
My tank stand will be 113.5" long, 35" wide and 36" tall. This will fit my 6 20 longs(30"x12") side ways, and 3 29 gallon tanks, with 4" of space in left.
The 6 tank system sump will be a 30 gallon rubbermaid, about 20 gallons of bio media and an 1800 gph pump. I was going to go with the Mag Drive 18. I was going to use it as an EXTERNAL pump, not in my sump. But before everyone flips out about the small size, this is how I have it planned.
I plan on having the tanks drilled on the bottom left hand corner. I will use a durso stand pipe. I will have NO drip plate on my sump. With 6 drains from my tanks, I think there will be enough water flow through the sump to splash all over my bio media. For mechanical filtration, I was going to get 150 micron filter socks to go on the end of my durso stand pipe drain.
What do you guys think. I have a little bit of wood at my house now, so I've already started building a bit. I'll upload a supply list of mine in a minute.
get into zebra plecos, have you seen the price of them?