new 300g tank

[Gar88]

Nice tank!... like the footprint of this.... just curious on the filter u built there how does it function?.... if u dont mind could u please post some pics of it... thanks

 

[Redearsunfish]

I love everything about your tank so far!!

 

[Gill Blue]

dibs on the other stone!!! how much do you think it would cost to mail to the U.S.?
going to be an impressive set up garniac, good start.

 

[Far2lively]

Nice tank mate!!!

looking forward to the updates

what are you stocking it with??

 

[Burgess]

looks great like the filter 2

 

[GarNiac]

Nice tank!... like the footprint of this.... just curious on the filter u built there how does it function?.... if u dont mind could u please post some pics of it... thanks

thanks man,
this is a diagram to show how the filtration is running

bassically the pump is in the tank, and it pumps out the water out from the tank into the filter next to the tank. The filter box has to be made higher than the tank, so that it can allows the water to flow naturally back into the tank. The flip side of this kind of filtration is that we ended up with a chunk of pump inside the tank, which is not nice to see, but we can always put some decorations to hide it. The reason I chosed this kind of system is because I dont wanna drill any holes on my tank, which will worry me about the glass strenght. Besides, by doing this, I still have plenty of room under the stand to make more tanks
cheers

I love everything about your tank so far!!

thanks man, still got some more settings to do

dibs on the other stone!!! how much do you think it would cost to mail to the U.S.?
going to be an impressive set up garniac, good start.

thanks man, I am not sure about shipping to overseas, its a great stone indeed, pretty hard to find here,

Nice tank mate!!!
looking forward to the updates
what are you stocking it with??

thanks man, there are some fishes in my outdoor pond which I will move it into the tank, mostly some p bass species, some datnoids, pleco, a wolf fish, and some red hooks.
cheers

looks great like the filter 2

thanks man

 

[GarNiac]

btw just wandering do you guys think that there is not enough heights on the tank? the current dimension is 250cm (L) x 80cm (w) x 60cm (h),
I could move the tank into the lower stand, and make new tank on top. I made the height on this one 60cm using 12mm thick glass. The current height is OK under the safety factor of 3,8. But if I make the height into 70cm, using 12mm glass, the safety factor will also reduce to 2,5 average.
What do you guys think?
cheers

 

[GarNiac]

OK!!, here are some today's updates, I am not happy with the height of the first tank. So I've decided to move the previous tank into the lower stand, and make a brand new tank on top, which is now 20 cm higher than the first one. So the dimension is now 250cm x 80cm x 80cm, and if calculated, it ended up to around 420g. I have to bring in the crew to the house to move the previous tank and build the new tank.
So here are some photos of the process....






























thats all for now, will add more updates as the crew will continue the build tomorrow..

 

[benmcfadden]

Holy crap, that is one hell of a tank, I thought it was good before but with that sump its amazing.

 

[cockroach]

Oh that is smashing. Now fill it and put fish in!!

Also loving the plumber crack in photo 4.