Haha well there’s a story on how it came to be this set up I had a week of extreme bad luck. I actually had a 240gallon glass sump filled with poret foam originally. In one week my heaters died, my ex return pump died then the 240 sump cracked in half along the back panel. No one locally had capacity to make a sump with a glass shortage and huge work load. This was the only quick option I had it’s just evolved from there.
Lets see what's in your stand! mechanical photo's
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Its almost March 2024 and my Rena's are STILL RUNNINGthis is a great thread, but I would I love to see more of is a full shot pic of the actual tank, so we can see the awesome results of whats under the stands in the first place
since I recently changed stock on my 150g, its time for an update from my last post on this thread.
my twin Rena's under my open faced tube steel stand, and the growing tinfoil barbs/filamnent barbs that it keeps healthy:
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why did they stop making the BEST canister filters EVER???
Different location now and Big Charlie has been raised in this tank. For that matter the Aqueon 150g tank has been excellent too
I’m looking at a Seapora monarch stand.
It only has 2 cabinets - and I was hoping to run two FX-6 canisters along with a small controller board to deal with cord organization. I’d have to mount an Inkbird controller and a power bar onto it.
I’m sort of concerned about having my electrical equipment in the same cabinet as a canister. Do any of you have a similar setup? I’d love to see some examples.
It only has 2 cabinets - and I was hoping to run two FX-6 canisters along with a small controller board to deal with cord organization. I’d have to mount an Inkbird controller and a power bar onto it.
I’m sort of concerned about having my electrical equipment in the same cabinet as a canister. Do any of you have a similar setup? I’d love to see some examples.
I am not on the same level as you equipment experts, but I had an idea for convenience—I color code the cords. Colored electrical tape:
Red (hot) = heater
Yellow (sun) = light
Blue (clean water) = filter
White ( white water) = pump
Green (go) = go away, leave it alone. Non-tank, like a clock or battery charger, etc
This way it is easier for me to tell what I want to unplug.
Red (hot) = heater
Yellow (sun) = light
Blue (clean water) = filter
White ( white water) = pump
Green (go) = go away, leave it alone. Non-tank, like a clock or battery charger, etc
This way it is easier for me to tell what I want to unplug.
My fish room is really my work study, but it’s got 4 tanks plus a 10 gal hospital tank. Problem is, my bedroom is between there and the bathroom, where I get water for changes.
I broke down and got a residential RO filter for the discus, but at 70y/o I don’t want to carry lots of 5 gallon buckets. My wife relented and said okay about the filter in the shower, which has 2 shower outlets, so I adapted one. I added 2 rain barrels—the flat backs allow two 50 gallon barrels side by side, so one is filtered and the other is waste, which I use for South and Central American cichlids.
The water from tanks goes out the window to the landscaping, and the fresh gets pumped out of one or the other barrel through a 50 foot hose to the appropriate tank…. That’s the hose coiled outside the shower.
Who needs filters? Just replace the water!
(I heard some parts of North Carolina got 30 inches of rain over 3 days, a few days ago.)
I broke down and got a residential RO filter for the discus, but at 70y/o I don’t want to carry lots of 5 gallon buckets. My wife relented and said okay about the filter in the shower, which has 2 shower outlets, so I adapted one. I added 2 rain barrels—the flat backs allow two 50 gallon barrels side by side, so one is filtered and the other is waste, which I use for South and Central American cichlids.
The water from tanks goes out the window to the landscaping, and the fresh gets pumped out of one or the other barrel through a 50 foot hose to the appropriate tank…. That’s the hose coiled outside the shower.
Who needs filters? Just replace the water!
(I heard some parts of North Carolina got 30 inches of rain over 3 days, a few days ago.)
