Plumbing And Filling
So we were lucky enough to have the Famous Dave, we all know from Deer Park Aquarium assist and design the plumbing for the sump, weir, sulfur reactor and phospahte reactor.
The Weir is the usual type, with three holes (durso, emergency and return). the fourth one you see on the right is the drain pipe for easy water changes.
We had Dave get us some custom cut perspex to then cover the weir. the perspex has slits in it half way for draining the tank.
The return is set up with a diversion to supply water to two seperate out lets with valves to control. one is currently not being used. the other outlet runs into a 3 chamber unit. Same chambers you see on an RO unit. The units run in line with a tee off between the phosphate and sulphur beads. The reason for this is so i can run the Aquamedic phos at 600 L an hour and then run the Sulphur beads via Calcium Carb at 3 L an Hour. Calcium used to pull the PH back up from the sulphur beads.
Also plumbed in is the dosing pump which you'll see neatly tucked at the back.
Nicole placed all her rock into the tank (being very particular). We had prepared the rock a little earlier by cycling it in a separate tub with media to remove the silica. Also went with the idea of cutting egg crate to fit each rock base to help with stability but also looking to the future when the twin spot gobies try to dig up every inch of sand.
The sand was then added. We used Caribsea aragonite (sugar sized), It's so white and fine and creates a realistic sea bed look after being moved around by the pump.
We ended up filling the tank by hand, so was a fair few runs down to the local fish shop. Plus a great workout at the same time.
The Weir is the usual type, with three holes (durso, emergency and return). the fourth one you see on the right is the drain pipe for easy water changes.
We had Dave get us some custom cut perspex to then cover the weir. the perspex has slits in it half way for draining the tank.
The return is set up with a diversion to supply water to two seperate out lets with valves to control. one is currently not being used. the other outlet runs into a 3 chamber unit. Same chambers you see on an RO unit. The units run in line with a tee off between the phosphate and sulphur beads. The reason for this is so i can run the Aquamedic phos at 600 L an hour and then run the Sulphur beads via Calcium Carb at 3 L an Hour. Calcium used to pull the PH back up from the sulphur beads.
Also plumbed in is the dosing pump which you'll see neatly tucked at the back.
Nicole placed all her rock into the tank (being very particular). We had prepared the rock a little earlier by cycling it in a separate tub with media to remove the silica. Also went with the idea of cutting egg crate to fit each rock base to help with stability but also looking to the future when the twin spot gobies try to dig up every inch of sand.
The sand was then added. We used Caribsea aragonite (sugar sized), It's so white and fine and creates a realistic sea bed look after being moved around by the pump.
We ended up filling the tank by hand, so was a fair few runs down to the local fish shop. Plus a great workout at the same time.
