New aro tank

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
jr monster fish;3710929; said:
Just curious, do you know about how much it cost you?
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1500 NZ dollars
old coolstore walls for the polystyrene
sheet of acrylic 400
timder and galvanised bolts and brackets 400
fibreglass resin and cloth, rollers etc 380
marine ply and stainless screws 300?
total time spent about 62 hrs
it is on a stand and 10 steel wheels so i can move it if necessary
 
bomber;3710963; said:
You DIY set up is a master piece. Great job. For sure your fish love you for it. May we see your custom filtration system?
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current filter is a aqua one 2400 canister filter
and a 200 litre plastic drum set up as a wet and dry filter running pumice and bio balls
this has an overflow from the tank that drops into another plastic bucket suspended in top of drum with filter wool and bio balls, drilled holes in bucket to allow water to drop into the drum which is full of pumiceon top of a plasyic grate
under that is an ehiem pump which pumps back to tank through 1" hose and spraybar back into tank
need to pot in another overflow as the top of tank isn't being skimmed properly
running a seio powerhead on the floor to move detritus accumulation
water changes are done with cold spring water into tank
 
need more fitration on the big aro tank so have modified an old 200l plastic drum i used to store water in
trimmed down an old plastic milk tray for a base to the filter
cut some offcuts of shower lining to fit inside as a central divider
lightly sanded the plastic to help the silicon to adhere to sides
pushed the drum out of shape a bit to get a tight fit
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filling with pumice pieces in layers for media
pumice layer in
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some plastic grid for seperating layers
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scoria on top to help flow through finer pumice
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then cover with pomice and another layer of grid
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nice!!
 
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