700 + Aquarium Build

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
not sure how long this project took or if its even finished. I've been reading the whole thing and am on page #20 right now.

Keep wanting to speed ahead, but the wait & learning is worth it. Hope the project turned out well. This has been a fascinating read.
 
wow, now I have read the whole thing. Sorry to post twice but this was absolutely amazing -- and I like that you're still evolving it as well.

I am currently back in school getting an MBA. When I move next year, I'm planning building my own tank, but probably will max out at 200 gallons. One day though, I will accomplish this.

Thanks, this has been awesome and inspiring. And just thanks for getting the idea in my head.
 
DiverDan;2391387; said:
wow, now I have read the whole thing. Sorry to post twice but this was absolutely amazing -- and I like that you're still evolving it as well.

I am currently back in school getting an MBA. When I move next year, I'm planning building my own tank, but probably will max out at 200 gallons. One day though, I will accomplish this.

Thanks, this has been awesome and inspiring. And just thanks for getting the idea in my head.
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Improving/enhancing the setup is what really keeps the hobby very interesting. All sorts of ideas comes to mind and experimenting on these is really fun.

beantickler;2391601; said:
Damn good job and very informative!
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Thanks.
 
I just thought I'll mention something I read about a year ago regarding trickle/wet dry filters (reason why I insisted on bakki shower). It says that when ammonia is converted to nitrite what is actually produced is nitric oxide and nitrous oxide gas which will easily disolve in water and form nitrates. So if you have a trickle filter with sides open or heavily exposed to air the gasses are just blown out before disolving in the water so no nitrates are produced. That probably why bakki showers are designed like that. Bioballs trickle filter will work the same but the filter height must be atleast 3ft. high to de-gas ammonia and water flow must be slow to give time to the bacteria to feed and that wouldn't be prctical for indoor because of size, and that is where bacteria house comes in. I am now planning on building a denitrator, I am thinking maybe about 2,000 ft of enearobic tube. My settling tank is actually hooked up for this setup, I installed a valve a teh bottom of the settling tank, when I was still building, it to hookup my denitrator. Another changes I am thinking about is putting plants on the walls and plants on driftwood.
 
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Here's a pic of my 50 gal discus tank. 10 discus, 2 arowana, 2 pleco. Pic was taken about a month ago. Fishes in this tank are doing great so this confirms that you can use abs plastic on fishtanks. It's safe.


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Again don't mind the date. Pics were taken a few days ago.
 
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