Here is mine:
1. Size of tank is 1700 gallons-water section is about 400-500 in main display with a another connected tank about 250 gallons.
2. Main tank- 5 rays -connected tank- 2 rays.
3.Filtration components:
a.3 fluval 405's-general filtration and settling chambers.
b.2 large drip walls filled with plants -add biological filtration-help keep nitrates and ammonia in check.
c.One large overflow that holds about a 5 gallon pail of fine floss for extra mechanical filtration.
4.Water changes- 100 gallons daily of RO water at 4 ppm. This equals about 15-20% of the total water volume. Set-up to go automatically irregardless if I am there or not. To me this is the most important part of my system.
Overall tank shot- older but you get the idea.
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Filtration Room: Undergone quite a few changes since this picture.
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The water from the main display is pumped into another 250 gallon tank where it is heated and processed by the fluval 405's. It then goes into a large overflow packed with filter floss for one last mechanical round of filtration. It is returned into the main display through 2 drip walls that are 33 inches tall and about 15 inches wide each. These are nothing but stacks of rocks that are heavily planted. This adds a neat aesthetic appearance but more importantly adds natural biological filtration. Because the drip walls plants are grown emmersed,i.e exposed to air, they are not carbon limited like in a regular aquarium- therefore the limiting factor to their growth is only nutrients.
Furthermore the roots of the vivarium plants in the land section reach down into the water column and take up excess nutrients.
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