Ordering New 440/480 any advice?

[Backfromthedead]

Been great seeing this thing progress. Fish are looking healthy and happy.

 

[dr exum]

Flagtails are pretty good at sucking algea without the worry of scratching acrylic

got one, its too small... hes in a growout...

my favorite LFS guy where i spend all my money on horrifically over priced fish - “ they will be fine” me- “it looks pretty small”

its only 5” was fine with the smaller bass, the larger wanted him in his belly ?

 

[dr exum]

holding strong....

added a 1/4” power controlled on/off valve from autotopoff.com

and this flow meter - seems i can flow 1gallon per 4 minutes.... or 360 gallons a day... i’m not doing that... running 75gallons per day or roughly 10% - nitrates humming around 5ppm.

sump is really performing!

still need to organize a wall for modules and put a T into sewer for gravel vacs.

 

[Tj203]

Fast n dirty it is... used what I had, seems gate valves are hard to come by...

i think my max drip in rate is 3gph or roughly 70 gallons per day... seems a bit too much probably... the pump rolls at 1250 gph. It will run for 1-2 minutes at 8pm every day...

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I am only dripping 7-10 gallons a day with 100 2-4 inch fish and my nitrates are under 20 and out of my well they are 5ppm

 

[dr exum]

changed : water filter to one of these 10” - “carbon block” filters - getting .4 gpm vs .25 out of the amazon filter

added : 2 fx 4 for chemical media (chemi pure blue) / carbon - like this so i can turn them off to add meds....

600gph power head for current and bubbles in sump - i like bubbles ? also to keep the detritus in filter pad vs bottom of sump -

7watt air pump (not enough) for air stone (4”) running in tank for bubbles and keep poo out of back mopani area

overflow sensor - turns on when water reaches float - still need a pump for it....

pothos - not sure what’s going on with it....

need to add / do -

another 2 drains (one for sump overflow / one for water changes)

UV

bout it-

think i’m up to moving around 18000 gph here ?

Cheers!

 

[BigShawn]

Love how this is coming along, Im right behind you..

 

[TheWolfman]

Definitely coming together nicely, that gravel vac hook up is going to change your life lol. Seriously though you didn't cut any corners on this tank. Top shelf all around and it shows.

 

[nzafi]

After having my large tank there are two big points I regret not doing but will be fixing shortly.
1) Get drip trays into your stand. If you have any leaks it’s going to be a pain to clean. I’m building custom trays to go into each section of the stand and will be adding flood sensors.
2) Clean up the wires. I said I would do it and 3 years later it’s still not done. If I have a major leak it’s going to be a disaster. My plan for this is actually to purchase the Neptune ApexEL. I will wall mount it and it will let me cut down on wires. All wires will be off the ground.

 

[dr exum]

After having my large tank there are two big points I regret not doing but will be fixing shortly.
1) Get drip trays into your stand. If you have any leaks it’s going to be a pain to clean. I’m building custom trays to go into each section of the stand and will be adding flood sensors.
2) Clean up the wires. I said I would do it and 3 years later it’s still not done. If I have a major leak it’s going to be a disaster. My plan for this is actually to purchase the Neptune ApexEL. I will wall mount it and it will let me cut down on wires. All wires will be off the ground.

i’ve got two leak sensors - an audible and networked one - i need to add one more of each...

wires - i need a board too - this is still kind of the rough in - still adding components and plumbing bits.... constantly evolving ?

added this mediocre camera for piece of mind... so i can see if my sumps running dry/over

Cheers all!

 

[The Masked Shadow]

Good luck brotha. Love how the new tank is coming along. Love the Bass! Stunning tank.