My new fish tank

[r.barn]

Been working on my new fish tank for about 2 months now.

60 gal 36" X 18" X 24"h
High Tech
High Light
Co2 Injected


Just waiting on plants to fill in now. Tank's been running for
about 3 weeks, seems to be doing good.







Under the hood

DIY 30+ gal sump/filter - UV light - Computer controlled.








DIY metal/cherry stand made from 3" sqr tube and 2" angle iron on top
with cherry plywood inserts







Big daddy water filter makes weekly water changes and tops offs a breeze.
20" Big Blue whole house water filter with 5 micron carbon block filter good
for about 40,000 gallons at real flow levels of 4gpm !!!!!

[mean05]

very nice...hell of a setup for a fresh water tank!!

[r.barn]

Thanks

Getting started hard core on my 100 gallon Discus tank for the den now.
Going to put this one to shame. Should be sweeeet

[FullsizeRST]

thats a nice setup man me and my dad used to build tanks like that years ago we made a 700 gallon for the record bass in mississippi like 13 years ago and made most of bthe tanks out here for the pet shops

but ill give you a A PLUSE ....mostly on the filter setup and the watter fill

you would make nemo and his buddies happy hahaha

[r.barn]

thats a nice setup man me and my dad used to build tanks like that years ago we made a 700 gallon for the record bass in mississippi like 13 years ago and made most of bthe tanks out here for the pet shops

but ill give you a A PLUSE ....mostly on the filter setup and the watter fill

you would make nemo and his buddies happy hahaha

Thanks the sump took some trial and error. but works flawless
and bone dead silent. No gurgling or water fall noises. All you hear is a
slight hum from the return pump

[ducky]

All you hear is a
slight hum from the return pump

You use a walbro 255

[r.barn]

You use a walbro 255

Even better MAG 9 ........... lol sounds like a gun.


and just thought about it

Walbro 255 = 255 lph = 1,000 gph
MAG 9 = 900 gph


ROFL

[mean05]

Thanks the sump took some trial and error. but works flawless
and bone dead silent. No gurgling or water fall noises. All you hear is a
slight hum from the return pump

thats hard to accomplish. i have a 180 gallon african cichlid tank here at my office. I wish i had a place to do a nice reef tank again

[FullsizeRST]

hell yea ..the best thing about yours is it will virtually run its self just a quick glance at it and thats it...i have a similar sump filter and i clean it maybe three times a year and i still have clear clear watter and in the long run there cheaper than messing around with filter replace ments that dont work...the best filter is bacteria...the good pet shops will give you dirty watter to put in your filter to give it a jump start

[r.barn]

hell yea ..the best thing about yours is it will virtually run its self just a quick glance at it and thats it...i have a similar sump filter and i clean it maybe three times a year and i still have clear clear watter and in the long run there cheaper than messing around with filter replace ments that dont work...the best filter is bacteria...the good pet shops will give you dirty watter to put in your filter to give it a jump start

It took about 2 weeks for the bacteria blooms to settle down and get
the filter up and running on all cylinders.

The soil I used is for planted tanks and dumps a bunch of ammonia and nutrients into the tank
first time you get it wet too. Kinda helps filter get started but looks like poop for about 2 weeks.

In the beginning ..........