We'll soon be taking delivery of a 265 Marineland Reef Ready tank, stand, and glass lids in next week or two. In the meantime , we've purchased some equipment in preparation for setting the tank up. The tank dimensions are 84" L x 24" W x 30" H. Obviously being "Reef Ready", the tank will have the built in overflows and I'll be using a sump to filter the aquarium.
Tank inhabitants will include:
a group of Metynnis fasciatus (Striped Silver Dollars)
a breeding pair of Hypselecara temporalis (Chocolate Cichlids)
a Hoplarchus psittacus (True Parrot Cichlid)
a group of Geophagus sp. "Red Head Tapajos"
Tank equipment will include:
Heaters - (2) 300 watt JBJ True Temp Titanium Heating System
Pump - Waveline DC12000
Sump - Trigger Systems Emerald 39
Substrate - Fairmount Santrol AquaQuartz Pool Filter Sand
Driftwood - Combination of Malaysian & Manzanita
Here's a pic of one of the heaters and controller system. Also pictured are 6 schedule 80 unions and 5 Cepex ST true double union ball valves.
Here's a pic of the Waveline DC12000 pump. The pump will be submerged inside the sump.
Here's a close up pic of the pump's controller. I'm excited to be able to use the 30 minute "Feed" button when feeding the fish (keeping most of the food out of the overflows, and ultimately the sump).
Here's a pic of the sump. It's originally designed to be used as a "saltwater" aquarium sump, but it will work perfectly for our set up. It has (3) 4" filter sock section. After that area, I'm going to be adding some Poret foam to the first large chamber, followed by numerous mesh bags filled with Pond Matrix. The heaters will go in the middle section, while the pump will sit in the last section.
Here's a different angle of the sump showing the filter sock area. The sump is 39" L x 16" W x 15" H. The total water volume of the sump is 40 gallons. The weir on the last section is adjustable, but I'll probably just keep it at its highest point so I can have as much water in the sump as possible.
Tank inhabitants will include:
a group of Metynnis fasciatus (Striped Silver Dollars)
a breeding pair of Hypselecara temporalis (Chocolate Cichlids)
a Hoplarchus psittacus (True Parrot Cichlid)
a group of Geophagus sp. "Red Head Tapajos"
Tank equipment will include:
Heaters - (2) 300 watt JBJ True Temp Titanium Heating System
Pump - Waveline DC12000
Sump - Trigger Systems Emerald 39
Substrate - Fairmount Santrol AquaQuartz Pool Filter Sand
Driftwood - Combination of Malaysian & Manzanita
Here's a pic of one of the heaters and controller system. Also pictured are 6 schedule 80 unions and 5 Cepex ST true double union ball valves.
Here's a pic of the Waveline DC12000 pump. The pump will be submerged inside the sump.
Here's a close up pic of the pump's controller. I'm excited to be able to use the 30 minute "Feed" button when feeding the fish (keeping most of the food out of the overflows, and ultimately the sump).
Here's a pic of the sump. It's originally designed to be used as a "saltwater" aquarium sump, but it will work perfectly for our set up. It has (3) 4" filter sock section. After that area, I'm going to be adding some Poret foam to the first large chamber, followed by numerous mesh bags filled with Pond Matrix. The heaters will go in the middle section, while the pump will sit in the last section.
Here's a different angle of the sump showing the filter sock area. The sump is 39" L x 16" W x 15" H. The total water volume of the sump is 40 gallons. The weir on the last section is adjustable, but I'll probably just keep it at its highest point so I can have as much water in the sump as possible.
