I am currently setting up a 90-gallon tank I got on Craigslist. It will have a HOB overflow, 30 gal bioball wet/dry, a 50 gallon refugium (my old display tank), with aquatic and aquaponic plants. I will also be growing anubias and sacred lotus in the main tank as it is hardy, deep rooted, fast growing, large, hard water plant and many people have successfully kept the smaller tiger lotus with mbuna. I have two 300 gph submersible pumps I got from the previous owner of the tank and my old 350 gph magnum 350 canister that I don’t like and don’t want to use and two bubble pumps rated for 10 gallon tanks and one for a thirty rigged to a collection of airstones. I intend to allow the tank to cycle with daphnia in the sump before I put any fish in. I have never kept any cichlids other than angels before and want start with African cichlids.
Is my filtration inadequate? I intend to upgrade anyway, but although this may be low gph, there is a massive amount of bio and plant filtration.
Do I need/want activated carbon in my filter(s)?
I want to run each of me 300 gph pumps through a separate line one with ugj and co2 and the other with a spraybar. Is there any reason not to do this and were should I put my spray bar so its not blowing straight intot the over flow as the tank will be mounted in a wall and visible from both a sides so the overflow box is at one end of the tank, hidden in the wall?
Is my filtration inadequate? I intend to upgrade anyway, but although this may be low gph, there is a massive amount of bio and plant filtration.
Do I need/want activated carbon in my filter(s)?
I want to run each of me 300 gph pumps through a separate line one with ugj and co2 and the other with a spraybar. Is there any reason not to do this and were should I put my spray bar so its not blowing straight intot the over flow as the tank will be mounted in a wall and visible from both a sides so the overflow box is at one end of the tank, hidden in the wall?
