raf
August 28th 04, 06:42 PM
Hello Everyone,
It has been a long time since I have owned an aquarium and it seems
the 'technology' has changed quite a bit. If possible, I would like
to hear ideas/thoughts/recommendations on a tank setup. This is the
basics of the tank, filtration, lighting, etc
75 Gal tank with 'overflow' (the overflow bulkheads are really gone,
just a hole in the bottom. I was going to use this to feed a
cannister filter using a bulkhead adapter and clear PVC 'uptube' with
slits)
Filtration and water movement(planned)
Penguin 330 Power Filter (Biowheel)
Fluval(404) or XP3 cannister filter (other options??) spraybar return
UGF or RUGF? The reverse UGF is new to me...is it
better/worse/undecided??
Power heads (2) for the UGF, approx 250gph
Power heads (2 or 3)(80-100gph) to induce water movement, slow but
steady.
Lighting is undecided...I could use some help with that.
Planted tank (medium plant load)
Community tank (tetra, danio, gouramis, etc)
This may seem like 'over' filtration, but in the past, I had good luck
with similar setups and I like a certain amountof redundancy.
Any ideas, recommended changes/deletions/additions would be greatly
appreciated. I have missed my fish tank for a long time and look
forward to getting this up and running. I prefer a tank that looks as
natural as possible with a variety of 'critters' swimming around.
If you prefer, email direct to
Thanks in advance
Far
It has been a long time since I have owned an aquarium and it seems
the 'technology' has changed quite a bit. If possible, I would like
to hear ideas/thoughts/recommendations on a tank setup. This is the
basics of the tank, filtration, lighting, etc
75 Gal tank with 'overflow' (the overflow bulkheads are really gone,
just a hole in the bottom. I was going to use this to feed a
cannister filter using a bulkhead adapter and clear PVC 'uptube' with
slits)
Filtration and water movement(planned)
Penguin 330 Power Filter (Biowheel)
Fluval(404) or XP3 cannister filter (other options??) spraybar return
UGF or RUGF? The reverse UGF is new to me...is it
better/worse/undecided??
Power heads (2) for the UGF, approx 250gph
Power heads (2 or 3)(80-100gph) to induce water movement, slow but
steady.
Lighting is undecided...I could use some help with that.
Planted tank (medium plant load)
Community tank (tetra, danio, gouramis, etc)
This may seem like 'over' filtration, but in the past, I had good luck
with similar setups and I like a certain amountof redundancy.
Any ideas, recommended changes/deletions/additions would be greatly
appreciated. I have missed my fish tank for a long time and look
forward to getting this up and running. I prefer a tank that looks as
natural as possible with a variety of 'critters' swimming around.
If you prefer, email direct to
Thanks in advance
Far