My new tank (first real MONSTER)
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I think what I might end up doing is getting two 55s and making a sump out of them.
The doors on the stand are not that wide and i'll have to wait and see what size tanks I can get under this this. I think if I do two 55s I can just drill them both two or three times and then put them together with some random fittings. and put one 55 full of bio media and the other would be for the pumps and any othe media I would want or need.
I know that discription is HORRIBLE but bare with me it's a good idea in my head but I can't put it in wrds very well.
The doors on the stand are not that wide and i'll have to wait and see what size tanks I can get under this this. I think if I do two 55s I can just drill them both two or three times and then put them together with some random fittings. and put one 55 full of bio media and the other would be for the pumps and any othe media I would want or need.
I know that discription is HORRIBLE but bare with me it's a good idea in my head but I can't put it in wrds very well.
Im comin to see this thing at some point once its up and running. Sweet tank, sweet deal. U lucky "illegitimate child".
I follow you there...Just use one of the 55's as a bio-ball tank, then couple it with bulkhead fittings to the other 55 for your heater/UV or whatever...
zennzzo;2018883; said:I follow you there...Just use one of the 55's as a bio-ball tank, then couple it with bulkhead fittings to the other 55 for your heater/UV or whatever...
that's the deal I'm glad someone followed me. lol Also I could use the one 30 I got today as a overflow if the power went out. It wouldn't be the cleanest setup in the world but it would work till I move and then the stand is going to get redone and I'll put in a big enough door to fit a 120.
I figure with the two 55s And filling one with the bio balls I got today and some ceramic media too Would be more then plenty bio media for anything I would ever put in it and i could may a sweet trickle with a 4 foot tank. I just think it would take a long asss time to cycle. but whatever.
If I were stocking a tank that size, I'd pick a specific, tropical/subtropical river (amazon, nile, congo, mekong, ganges) from somewhere on the globe and make it a theme specific to fish and other aquatic life native to that body of water.
pcfriedrich;2019097; said:If I were stocking a tank that size, I'd pick a specific, tropical/subtropical river (amazon, nile, congo, mekong, ganges) from somewhere on the globe and make it a theme specific to fish and other aquatic life native to that body of water.
doesn't sound like to bad of an idea I was thinking on the stocking allready ut now I think I need to focus on the filtration since I have to redo the whole thing. I thought I might be able to get use out of some of the stuff I got but idk it doesn't look like I will. So now I have to build.
If you turn the water over at about 2500-3000gph and do a fishless cycle, it shouldn't take any longer than a smaller tank. By doing a fishless cycle, when it is done you can load that tank with a full compliment of fish.koop171;2018989; said:that's the deal I'm glad someone followed me. lol Also I could use the one 30 I got today as a overflow if the power went out. It wouldn't be the cleanest setup in the world but it would work till I move and then the stand is going to get redone and I'll put in a big enough door to fit a 120.
I figure with the two 55s And filling one with the bio balls I got today and some ceramic media too Would be more then plenty bio media for anything I would ever put in it and i could may a sweet trickle with a 4 foot tank. I just think it would take a long asss time to cycle. but whatever.
I got three 1200Gph pumps. and two 700gph pumps. with this thing. The 700gph ones are in what I am told to be a proteen skimmer. Which I will more then likly sell. and ill use the threee big boys to flow the water. I think I might be able to salvage one of the two tanks that I got with this deal. The 30 has a hole in the bottom left of one of the side panels. and I figured it out to be about 30gal of bio balls would be needed for 600gal. So what I am thinking now is that I can use the 30 filled with bio media and a DIY tirckle I should be ok with the bio. (give me some input if i'm wrong) Then set the 30 on a small stand in the stand so that the hole in the 30 is as high as I can get it. then set a northe tank below to use as a return.
I am begining to think that the setup I got might be able to work. I just wish I would have looked under the stand when the tank was in the store so I know how they had it setup.
My only issue now is where is my mechanical filtration it has to be before the bioballs doesnt it? I am not sure so I guess I am heading over to the filtration forum lol
I am begining to think that the setup I got might be able to work. I just wish I would have looked under the stand when the tank was in the store so I know how they had it setup.
My only issue now is where is my mechanical filtration it has to be before the bioballs doesnt it? I am not sure so I guess I am heading over to the filtration forum lol
