i was in the middle of a 14 hour shift last night and decided to impulse buy a 95 gallon acrylic hex (25"x29"x36" high). theyre having a decent sale at petsmart right now and shipping was free as well.
always wanted a hex tank. ive already moved all of my other tanks to the garage, which is quickly becoming a fish room. going to make this tank my main display upstairs, rotating the stock every month or so to keep it interesting.
i want to filter the heck out of this thing and im definitely going to use a sump at least 40 gallons. im leaning towards drilling the bottom but after that its kinda up in the air. i have a fluval sp4 i plan to use for my return pump but thats the only definite thing.
option 1: drill 3 holes, one large drain, im thinking 1 1/2", and one return of 1", somewhere in the middle of the tank. 1 more hole drilled for wires to the lighting and double as an emergency drain.
option 2: 4 holes, same as option 1, but with two smaller returns of 3/4"
option 3: 5 holes. 2 drains, 2 returns, one for wires. i really dont want to drill this many holes. i think it would take up too much space.
anybody with experience working on hex tanks? or just anybody with better ideas? i wanna make this thing pretty so any advice would be appreciated.
always wanted a hex tank. ive already moved all of my other tanks to the garage, which is quickly becoming a fish room. going to make this tank my main display upstairs, rotating the stock every month or so to keep it interesting.
i want to filter the heck out of this thing and im definitely going to use a sump at least 40 gallons. im leaning towards drilling the bottom but after that its kinda up in the air. i have a fluval sp4 i plan to use for my return pump but thats the only definite thing.
option 1: drill 3 holes, one large drain, im thinking 1 1/2", and one return of 1", somewhere in the middle of the tank. 1 more hole drilled for wires to the lighting and double as an emergency drain.
option 2: 4 holes, same as option 1, but with two smaller returns of 3/4"
option 3: 5 holes. 2 drains, 2 returns, one for wires. i really dont want to drill this many holes. i think it would take up too much space.
anybody with experience working on hex tanks? or just anybody with better ideas? i wanna make this thing pretty so any advice would be appreciated.
