Question about my DIY Wet/Dry-Please give your advice!!!!!

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tonymofo

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Okay, I'm finally going to get start with my DIY Wet Dry System. I will be plumbing it so it will filter all three of my tanks(150,100,75). I will be using a extra 100 gallon tank that I have. It will have the mechanical, chemical and bilogical medias as well as the uv sterilizers. And I will be using 3 fx3's to return the water to the 3 different tanks.

1st question- Will I be able to cut down on water changes because of a wet dry filter.

2nd question- will this be enough to handle all three tanks

All of your answers and ideas are greatly appriciated!!!!
 
tonymofo;879975; said:
Okay, I'm finally going to get start with my DIY Wet Dry System. I will be plumbing it so it will filter all three of my tanks(150,100,75). I will be using a extra 100 gallon tank that I have. It will have the mechanical, chemical and bilogical medias as well as the uv sterilizers. And I will be using 3 fx3's to return the water to the 3 different tanks.

1st question- Will I be able to cut down on water changes because of a wet dry filter.

2nd question- will this be enough to handle all three tanks

All of your answers and ideas are greatly appriciated!!!!
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1, no. The filters job is to turn ammonia into nitrate (which is removed with water changes or plants)

2, More than enough. The FX5 return will be unnecessary and a waste of money IMO. Since the ammonia should be converted by the time it gets to FX5 they'll be little more than a very expensive pump.
 
rallysman;880025; said:
1, no. The filters job is to turn ammonia into nitrate (which is removed with water changes or plants)

2, More than enough. The FX5 return will be unnecessary and a waste of money IMO. Since the ammonia should be converted by the time it gets to FX5 they'll be little more than a very expensive pump.
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Oh I'm sorry I meant xp3's, I already had them plus got them next to nothing 70 bucks a piece brand new.
 
They're still just expensive pumps in that application :)

I think they would flow less than they would in a conventional canister setup because it's doing more lifting.
 
I am a big fan of the quiet one pumps. They're efficient, inexpensive, reliable, and quiet. Your method will work, but I would just stick with a regular pump.
 
yeah id just leave the xp3's on the tanks as extra filtering/polishing and get 2 maybe 3 pumps maybe one split to the 75 and 100 and a seperate for the 150 just to keep costs down or in a perfect world i would go one pump for each tank , quiet ones are good i got 2 of the 6000 models and got no complaints
 
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