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I've been keeping fish in some capacity for over 50 years...I've always wanted a slat water tank and found this web site with the intention of learning enough ( along with alot of reading) to start one...
I've chosen a 60 gallon tank and stand as the basis of my build...it will be diplayed in my foyer away from natural lighting( so I cna control the exact light) and central to the room... I have run supply and return lines through the wall down to the basement where I will house the sump under a stair well...I've also added a GFI outlet to the wal for power...
I made the sump/trickle/wet/dry filter out of a 26 gallon HD tool box.. the botton lined with acrylic to provide a smoothe surface for partitioning... the filter chamber is 12" X 12" by 4" and houses a combination of bio balls/charcoal and filter media that drips through a section of egg crate... the water that trickles through exits below into a chamber that houses my skimmer rated at 100 gallons.. the water height is maintained by a "V" shaped baffels that keeps the water level at a max of 8".. flow to the next chamber starts at 7"... that chamber flows into a second chamber that will host live sand, live rock and possibly some macro algae... that chamber flows through a section of foam ( intended to be a bubble shiled) into narrow chamber that houses a 1500 GPH mag drive pump that with the caculated head pressure will deliver 750GPH back to the tank..any excess water ( from the pump) will be diverted back to the trickle filter chamber via a bypass system of ball valves.. this same by pass will charge the siphon any time it needs to be started...the siphon is fitted with a siphon break at the min tank level to prevent a flood in my sump... the sump is marked with a max level to prevent over filling the tank in the event the siphon should break...I've pre tested the whole system with fresh water and am happy with the "ebb and flow"...I intend to add a self filling portion for the sump, with the supply coming from my R/O system I already use for my fresh water tanks..
I cut a section of egg crate to line the bottom of my tank and support my base rock on.... ( it;s been ordered).... once that is in and arranged artfuly... I'll fill the tank with salt water and allow any adjustments in chemistry and temperture ( provided by 2 150 W heaters) to take place before I add the live sand and live rock...( sand first so I dont over load the filter )...once those items are done.. I wait..
I've been out of my mind busy at work and at home.. when I get a chance I'll take some pictures...
I've chosen a 60 gallon tank and stand as the basis of my build...it will be diplayed in my foyer away from natural lighting( so I cna control the exact light) and central to the room... I have run supply and return lines through the wall down to the basement where I will house the sump under a stair well...I've also added a GFI outlet to the wal for power...
I made the sump/trickle/wet/dry filter out of a 26 gallon HD tool box.. the botton lined with acrylic to provide a smoothe surface for partitioning... the filter chamber is 12" X 12" by 4" and houses a combination of bio balls/charcoal and filter media that drips through a section of egg crate... the water that trickles through exits below into a chamber that houses my skimmer rated at 100 gallons.. the water height is maintained by a "V" shaped baffels that keeps the water level at a max of 8".. flow to the next chamber starts at 7"... that chamber flows into a second chamber that will host live sand, live rock and possibly some macro algae... that chamber flows through a section of foam ( intended to be a bubble shiled) into narrow chamber that houses a 1500 GPH mag drive pump that with the caculated head pressure will deliver 750GPH back to the tank..any excess water ( from the pump) will be diverted back to the trickle filter chamber via a bypass system of ball valves.. this same by pass will charge the siphon any time it needs to be started...the siphon is fitted with a siphon break at the min tank level to prevent a flood in my sump... the sump is marked with a max level to prevent over filling the tank in the event the siphon should break...I've pre tested the whole system with fresh water and am happy with the "ebb and flow"...I intend to add a self filling portion for the sump, with the supply coming from my R/O system I already use for my fresh water tanks..
I cut a section of egg crate to line the bottom of my tank and support my base rock on.... ( it;s been ordered).... once that is in and arranged artfuly... I'll fill the tank with salt water and allow any adjustments in chemistry and temperture ( provided by 2 150 W heaters) to take place before I add the live sand and live rock...( sand first so I dont over load the filter )...once those items are done.. I wait..
I've been out of my mind busy at work and at home.. when I get a chance I'll take some pictures...