520 gallon plywood tank
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Very nice, As soon as I saw the bed under the tank, I wanted to see something like Santa Fe Discus's disco setup
Well I have it set up finally. I put in substrate a few days ago and it's super cloudy. I used a variety of stuff. Peagravel mixed with 1" riverrock on one side with a large oak stump, then it transfers into play sand (the cloudy culprit) and then A 3x3' area of mixed peagravel sizes that I'll be planting a lot of corkscrew Val.
Currently I have two diy 5g. Bucket canisters at 1000gph running with lava rock and polyester fill, and a 1200gbh recirculating pump inside. I also have a fx6 I will be installing but has been seeding on my 75g with my tropical gars.
I hope that clears up soon. I'm tired of not being able to see around in there.
Currently I have two fluval plant led's on one side and just a dual florescent strip on the right. I liked the idea of minimal light where the plants aren't growing but I may need to buy more lights. Also, I'm fishless cycling for the first time ever. Ace ammonia. So I'll see how that goes. I guess I have plenty of time for the cloudiness to go away since this may take a while.
Any insight or opinions on if that'll be sufficient filtration? I'm keeping gar.
Currently I have two diy 5g. Bucket canisters at 1000gph running with lava rock and polyester fill, and a 1200gbh recirculating pump inside. I also have a fx6 I will be installing but has been seeding on my 75g with my tropical gars.
I hope that clears up soon. I'm tired of not being able to see around in there.
Currently I have two fluval plant led's on one side and just a dual florescent strip on the right. I liked the idea of minimal light where the plants aren't growing but I may need to buy more lights. Also, I'm fishless cycling for the first time ever. Ace ammonia. So I'll see how that goes. I guess I have plenty of time for the cloudiness to go away since this may take a while.
Any insight or opinions on if that'll be sufficient filtration? I'm keeping gar.
- Looking great dude ! Not sure about the DIY canisters. Never messed with one myself but as long as you have enough media and flow I don’t see why they won’t do the job.
yeah my first time too. But they hold as much or more than a fx6 which claims to be good for 400g, but imo more like 200-250. So I basically will have 3 of those on the tank. That's my thought process at least with choosing this. Since it's just on the other side of my bed, I didn't want a wet dry noise. These just make faint "hums". The bubbles from the 5" air disc make more noise really.
Filters will be turning Approx 2650gph plus an additional 1200gph in circulation if needed. 520ish actual gallon tank.
This is amazing! Nice work, tank will be getting turned over 5 times an hour, sounds pretty good. Cant wait to see those trops in there.
I decided to just drain out half of the water to speed up the cloudiness. I can deal with no fish, but murky water bothers me. Still not clear, but getting much better
