COuld someone please explain to me how filtration for a 300 gallon tank would work. Or direct me to a web site that could better explain it for me. And what type of heating system would u use? I ask because I want to build a 300 gallon playwood tank around this time next year and I want to make sure I do it right.
Wet/Dry Filter operations?
- Thread starter ADH_Cincinnati
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I'd be interested to hear everybodys ideas also but his is what I have in the works for my 300 that will hopefully be up and running this spring.
I currently have two mag drive pumps. One 2400 and one 3600 that came with the tank.
I have purchased an Ocean Clear 317 canister and an Ocean Clear 340 canister. I also have purchased a 36w Coralife Turbo Twist UV sterilizer. The two canisters and UV will all three run inline.
I will be building a home made wet/dry in a 55 gallon tank or larger yet to be purchased.
I will experiment as to which pump will be used with the canisters and which with the wet/dry.
I also plan to run two 300 watt heaters in the sump. I will only be raising the water temp 6 - 10 degrees and being it's an acrylic tank I'm hoping this will be plenty of heating power.
That is the direction my tank is headed anyways.
PS. I have built in dual overflows.
I currently have two mag drive pumps. One 2400 and one 3600 that came with the tank.
I have purchased an Ocean Clear 317 canister and an Ocean Clear 340 canister. I also have purchased a 36w Coralife Turbo Twist UV sterilizer. The two canisters and UV will all three run inline.
I will be building a home made wet/dry in a 55 gallon tank or larger yet to be purchased.
I will experiment as to which pump will be used with the canisters and which with the wet/dry.
I also plan to run two 300 watt heaters in the sump. I will only be raising the water temp 6 - 10 degrees and being it's an acrylic tank I'm hoping this will be plenty of heating power.
That is the direction my tank is headed anyways.
PS. I have built in dual overflows.
well to both of you then, i will re-state my motto..."you can never have enough filtration" I would run both a wet/dry and cannisters (i have 2 fluval fx5s and a wet/dry on my 220gal).
to ADH: you definitely want to use a wet/dry. you would want to have 2 holes at the bottom of your tank so you can use overflows to drop water down through some sort of biomedia (bioballs, potscrubbers, matrix, etc.) and then into a sump where it is pumped out by a pump back up to the tank. if you dont want to do that, you can simply set up a hang-on overflow which work just fine. i use that kind.
http://www.vafishfreek.com/wetdrynsump.html
http://www.aquacon.com/wetdry.html
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/wetdry.htm
you can even throw your heaters into the sump. get the stealth ones, they are all black and are a good buy. im no expert on heaters though, but my 220 is heated up just fine. if i were you, id also run a couple cannisters on either end of the tank to ensure water movement and... YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH FILTRATION. especially if you are keeping monsters
to ADH: you definitely want to use a wet/dry. you would want to have 2 holes at the bottom of your tank so you can use overflows to drop water down through some sort of biomedia (bioballs, potscrubbers, matrix, etc.) and then into a sump where it is pumped out by a pump back up to the tank. if you dont want to do that, you can simply set up a hang-on overflow which work just fine. i use that kind.
http://www.vafishfreek.com/wetdrynsump.html
http://www.aquacon.com/wetdry.html
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/wetdry.htm
you can even throw your heaters into the sump. get the stealth ones, they are all black and are a good buy. im no expert on heaters though, but my 220 is heated up just fine. if i were you, id also run a couple cannisters on either end of the tank to ensure water movement and... YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH FILTRATION. especially if you are keeping monsters
I do believe he asked how wet/dry's work. A wet dry filter is box that has filter media inside it which the water trickes over then into the sump part where your pump returns it to the tank. The water comes from the tank either through holes that have been drilled into your tank, or from a continous syphon overflow box, either way they are both plumbed into the wet.dry filter. It is very important to know that when selecting a pump that you know how much water your overflow box is rated for, or the pre-drilled holes are rated in gallons per hour, you dont want to be trying to pump more water into your tank than what can come out.
As for heating, you could probably go with two 350 watt heaters, which you could place right into the sump of the wet/dry filter that way you wouldnt have to see them in your tank. Your sump should always have a high enough water level to keep your heaters submerged because your pump also, of course, needs to stay underwater.
Also with a wet.dry filter the water level never changes in your tank, it changes in your filter. Which is nice cause you dont see the water line.
As for heating, you could probably go with two 350 watt heaters, which you could place right into the sump of the wet/dry filter that way you wouldnt have to see them in your tank. Your sump should always have a high enough water level to keep your heaters submerged because your pump also, of course, needs to stay underwater.
Also with a wet.dry filter the water level never changes in your tank, it changes in your filter. Which is nice cause you dont see the water line.
Here are a couple sites that might help you
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/gt/index.php
http://garf.org/index.html
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/gt/index.php
http://garf.org/index.html