As the title says, Im a noob to plumbing. The most extensive Ive done is setting up Fluval 305 and 405 canisters. I return to MFK for some help/guidance.
The tank: glasscages.com 336gallon tank (measures 36x60x36/l x w x h in inches) with one 1 ½ drilled bulkhead (this [bulkhead] may come back to haunt me).
Tank occupant: ~16 y.o. common snapping turtle
Location: Las Cruces Museum of Natural History
Details: Zilla our common snapper currently lives in a 125 filled with about 14 inches of water and filtered by 2 Fluval 4Plus units; not very clean on the filtration, but it gets the job done and keeps the water mostly clear and clean. For some years now weve been trying to get him a larger tank and have finally done such. His new tank is going to be filled to approximately 20 inches of water depth with some form of artificial landmass made. This is quite a set above my mere 10-75 gallon tanks housing lizards, snakes, and amphibians native to the Chihuahuan Desert and/or NM, let alone the 40 gallon tank with White Sands Pupfish or 125 with Rio Grande Silvery Minnows.
An acquaintance, the owner of BlueRegion.com, from a forum of personal interest recommended I go with Ocean Clear filters and Blue Line pump. My concern however is Ive never done any filtration as extensive as this, though I have been googling and reading here regarding plumbing. Id also like to have a UV sterilizer tossed into the line-up to help with limiting algae. While Im here, Ill also point out we got the tank with only 1 bulkhead and as I read I should have gone with 2 well write it off as an amateur mistake.
I guess what Im after more specifically is wheres the plumbing aquariums for n00bs beyond Fluvals/Eheims/etc post? So are there posts here that I may have missed while searching that covered closed systems, maybe other fish forums, website how-tos? I could possibly be being a little too specific in my goggle search terms.
The tank: glasscages.com 336gallon tank (measures 36x60x36/l x w x h in inches) with one 1 ½ drilled bulkhead (this [bulkhead] may come back to haunt me).
Tank occupant: ~16 y.o. common snapping turtle
Location: Las Cruces Museum of Natural History
Details: Zilla our common snapper currently lives in a 125 filled with about 14 inches of water and filtered by 2 Fluval 4Plus units; not very clean on the filtration, but it gets the job done and keeps the water mostly clear and clean. For some years now weve been trying to get him a larger tank and have finally done such. His new tank is going to be filled to approximately 20 inches of water depth with some form of artificial landmass made. This is quite a set above my mere 10-75 gallon tanks housing lizards, snakes, and amphibians native to the Chihuahuan Desert and/or NM, let alone the 40 gallon tank with White Sands Pupfish or 125 with Rio Grande Silvery Minnows.
An acquaintance, the owner of BlueRegion.com, from a forum of personal interest recommended I go with Ocean Clear filters and Blue Line pump. My concern however is Ive never done any filtration as extensive as this, though I have been googling and reading here regarding plumbing. Id also like to have a UV sterilizer tossed into the line-up to help with limiting algae. While Im here, Ill also point out we got the tank with only 1 bulkhead and as I read I should have gone with 2 well write it off as an amateur mistake.
I guess what Im after more specifically is wheres the plumbing aquariums for n00bs beyond Fluvals/Eheims/etc post? So are there posts here that I may have missed while searching that covered closed systems, maybe other fish forums, website how-tos? I could possibly be being a little too specific in my goggle search terms.
