Hey All,
OK so I got a fresh water tank from a friend and thought i could turn it into a Marine tank.....Boy what a surprise :nono:
So I introduced myself here and got a lot of lovely responses Also I realised that the tank i got is not going to work. So i looked at tank prices and that shuttered my dream.....Till.....
CW Gave me his old tank and a lot of extras Thanks CW I owe you big time. And this is what it looks like.
Display tank
118cmX50cmX60cm 354 Litres
Overflow - 540mm high X 500mm Wide
2XPowerheads 5000L/h
2X300W heaters
Return Pump Atman 5000L/h
Sump
100cmX32cmX39cm 124.8 Litres
And a whole lot of sand.
The sump was divided into 3 compartments
Inlet side
Sand Bed (SB)
Return side.
Stand
Stand with wood covered panels and doors, Very neat.
So I had to make some changes just to put my finger print on it to make this MY TANK.
Firstly.
While still reading up on start-up and sumps and how the whole eco system should work I had some time to make some customizing changes to the Sump and stand. I sanded off the stand where there was some rust building and painted it with antirust paint.
Then I added a chamber on the inlet side of the sump where I want to filter out big particles by means of a sponge type filter. The second chamber will be Live Rock And the next chamber My Deep Sand, and finally the pump.
Plan for the next 2 weeks is to get the stand on some wheels and then put the Display tank and the sump in place to start with the pipe work.
Will post some pic’s soon.
Nite for now....
OK so I got a fresh water tank from a friend and thought i could turn it into a Marine tank.....Boy what a surprise :nono:
So I introduced myself here and got a lot of lovely responses Also I realised that the tank i got is not going to work. So i looked at tank prices and that shuttered my dream.....Till.....
CW Gave me his old tank and a lot of extras Thanks CW I owe you big time. And this is what it looks like.
Display tank
118cmX50cmX60cm 354 Litres
Overflow - 540mm high X 500mm Wide
2XPowerheads 5000L/h
2X300W heaters
Return Pump Atman 5000L/h
Sump
100cmX32cmX39cm 124.8 Litres
And a whole lot of sand.
The sump was divided into 3 compartments
Inlet side
Sand Bed (SB)
Return side.
Stand
Stand with wood covered panels and doors, Very neat.
So I had to make some changes just to put my finger print on it to make this MY TANK.
Firstly.
While still reading up on start-up and sumps and how the whole eco system should work I had some time to make some customizing changes to the Sump and stand. I sanded off the stand where there was some rust building and painted it with antirust paint.
Then I added a chamber on the inlet side of the sump where I want to filter out big particles by means of a sponge type filter. The second chamber will be Live Rock And the next chamber My Deep Sand, and finally the pump.
Plan for the next 2 weeks is to get the stand on some wheels and then put the Display tank and the sump in place to start with the pipe work.
Will post some pic’s soon.
Nite for now....