Tony B
18-01-06, 14:05
I'm in the planning/buying stage of my next tank. I'd love to hear what you would add or change to my planned set up and why.
I'm peed off with my tank at the moment - I've decided im going to strip it down and re-do the whole thing. I'd be interested to hear of any tips or advice you could offer so that I could incorporate this into the design to help make maintenance/environment better.
My main reason for being un-happy is it's too loud with gurgling water, maintenance of calcium + ALK, water changes, plus no auto top up. Also I want the stand to be about 4ft high, so with the tank it will be just over 6ft tall and yes, that means a set of steps to reach into the tank.
I'm going to buy a new tank with only a slight increase in size from a 5x2x1.5 to a 5x2x2, the reason for this is I hope to move house at some point after the summer and this tank will be an interim measure to keep me happy and it is small enough to move to my next home where I can use it as part of the sump on my future system.
This 5x2x2 system will have three sumps; a 10 gallon auto top up resovoir / kalk dosing system with a peri pump, a 20 gal mixing reservoir for mixing RO and salt for easy water changes, the third sump will be about 30 gallons with 6inch DSB with Chaeto for nutrient export.
Some of the equipment is over sized by some people's opinion, the rational for this is to transfer onto my future system.
My plan so far:
Auto top up = Tunze
Pumps
Closed loops = 3 Sequence 10000 used on closed loop
Return pump(s) = TBA. Thinking about two more Sequence pumps - water will give about 5 foot head from sump.
Peri Pump = TBA
Skimmer = Could be Aqua Medic Turbofloter 5000 twin or Deltec 703.
Lights = Arcadia series 3 2x250 halides + 4 T5 tubes
Power cut contingency plan = X4 1400va APC UPS units
Calcium maintenance = via 10 gallon auto top up/home made kalkwasser reactor device and or calcium reactor
Quieter running = Durso to feed sump
Home made stand, about 49 inch high.
Look forward to hearing from you guys/gals! :wave:
Tony B :thanx:
I'm peed off with my tank at the moment - I've decided im going to strip it down and re-do the whole thing. I'd be interested to hear of any tips or advice you could offer so that I could incorporate this into the design to help make maintenance/environment better.
My main reason for being un-happy is it's too loud with gurgling water, maintenance of calcium + ALK, water changes, plus no auto top up. Also I want the stand to be about 4ft high, so with the tank it will be just over 6ft tall and yes, that means a set of steps to reach into the tank.
I'm going to buy a new tank with only a slight increase in size from a 5x2x1.5 to a 5x2x2, the reason for this is I hope to move house at some point after the summer and this tank will be an interim measure to keep me happy and it is small enough to move to my next home where I can use it as part of the sump on my future system.
This 5x2x2 system will have three sumps; a 10 gallon auto top up resovoir / kalk dosing system with a peri pump, a 20 gal mixing reservoir for mixing RO and salt for easy water changes, the third sump will be about 30 gallons with 6inch DSB with Chaeto for nutrient export.
Some of the equipment is over sized by some people's opinion, the rational for this is to transfer onto my future system.
My plan so far:
Auto top up = Tunze
Pumps
Closed loops = 3 Sequence 10000 used on closed loop
Return pump(s) = TBA. Thinking about two more Sequence pumps - water will give about 5 foot head from sump.
Peri Pump = TBA
Skimmer = Could be Aqua Medic Turbofloter 5000 twin or Deltec 703.
Lights = Arcadia series 3 2x250 halides + 4 T5 tubes
Power cut contingency plan = X4 1400va APC UPS units
Calcium maintenance = via 10 gallon auto top up/home made kalkwasser reactor device and or calcium reactor
Quieter running = Durso to feed sump
Home made stand, about 49 inch high.
Look forward to hearing from you guys/gals! :wave:
Tony B :thanx: