"The wall" - 625g + 150g side-by-side (project)
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Awesome!
Btw, you have a similar name as a class football player..
João M(outinho)
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Haha, the Porto player.
No, joao M is not Moutinho
Huge understocked tanks are awesome! I need to go bigger...
Probably a silly question, but why does it look like its just sitting randomly in the middle of the room? Going to be viewed from all sides or something?
yep. From all sides.
It is not as random as it lookes. It is going to be the centerpiece of João new Fish room, and will have tanks in the back and on the sides.
It is not as random as it lookes. It is going to be the centerpiece of João new Fish room, and will have tanks in the back and on the sides.
You can run both tanks off 1 pump in the sump. I have a 300 with 100 next to it sitting about 6" lower then the 300. They both share the same sump using 1 pump. The return water only goes back to the 300. My 300 has two separate overflow that drain to the sump. I piped one of the drains to the 100 and I placed a stand pipe in that overflow just high enough to raise the water so it drains into the 100.
Then placed the drain hole in the 100 at the height I wanted the level to settle at goes back to the sump. So no need for two pumps.
Then placed the drain hole in the 100 at the height I wanted the level to settle at goes back to the sump. So no need for two pumps.
Nice Nice!!
I would get a DC pump, The new range of DC is much better then pumps like laguna etc. I got a 10 000 LPH (2600 GPH) with 5.5M head @ 85W for 300$ (maybe cheaper in USA) made in the same factory as Laguna. so far it works a treat on a system just a bit larger then yours.
1. what do you think of the concept: Cant see any issues. I run multi tanks off 1 sump and find it great just QT fish. 1 pump would be ideal energy wise but back up wise having 2 is a better idea. I would run one into a UV/Pond filter filled with mech to fine polish the water.
2. heating : I find its easier/safer/cheaper to heat a room when you have 1-2 big tanks or many small tanks so I would vote for heating the room but it creates a bit of a task. If it came down to the heaters 1 big aquaponic grade heater would be best. look at it this way if you have more heaters you have a higher chance of a malfunction and all your fish burning to deathbut one larger heater will be best imo.
3. Lighting: leds? MH? T5´s?. LEDS or t5s. MH produce amazing lighting but will heat the water and pump the power bill "super high". T5s are nice you can create some cool colors with a few but tube replacement can cost money so I would run some LEDS, less heat and power + longer life and shimmer effect!! I use some cheap 120W china ones they are quite common down here. One on my 7x4x2.5 and it works great.
Just make sure you aim to save money long term with the hardware you buy, big tanks can drain too much money.
Thanks for the input.
1. I wil have two pumps (since there are 2 tanks sharing the same sump). The 150g already has a sicce 4.500 lts/h and for the big one i´ll test a v2 power pump of 7000 lts/h in the beginning. If I find it ridiculous, I either get another one or replace for a sicce 14.000lts/h.
2. I am opting for several 300watts heater with a temperature controller so they work as one. The heaters will be set a couple of degrees higher than the controller (say heaters at 28º; controller at 26º). Having several smaller heaters instead of a big one gives me more security in case of a failure: if one (or 2)of the heaters fails, the rest will be able to hold temp for a while; if the temp controller fails, the thermostat of the heaters will still hold the temp pof the tank (slightly higher)
3. I will be using leds (Aquaray) as main lighting, complemented by a 1,2m 2x54w T5 (placed in the center) I already had.
