chrism
Member
Hi All,
This is my first post here… I’ve been out of the hobby for about 6 years now. Before I moved out of home and in with the wife I had 3 planted tanks doing ok. One with CO2, the others no injection. We’ve moved 3 times in the last 6 years, but are going to be purchasing our first house soon(ish). Which means I’m getting a tank! And this tank is going to be the tank I’ve always wanted, so obviously I'm excited.
It’s got to meet the following criteria:
Be low maintenance
Be able to be left unattended for 2-3 weeks
Look stunning
So this is my plan…
It’s mostly likely going to be a 72” x 24” x 18” “river tank”, with a 36” x 24” x 18” sump. I plan on using a bottom feeding weir / overflow box to fill the sump to help suck up any detritus and minimise the need for vacuuming. This will be positioned at one end of the tank, covering the whole side. The spray bar from the sump will positioned at the other end hopefully creating a continuous flow in one direction. I’m not looking for white water or a particularly fast flow, just a steady flow in one direction. Both ends will be hidden either by the unit. Or if all goes to plan, this will be a in-wall tank with sump etc. in the garage / cupboard in the room behind and so the overflow box will be behind plaster board.
I plan on using timers to do automatic water changes once a week (volumes yet to be decided). This is how I see it working in my head. I've never even attempted anything like this before so would appreciate anyone pointing out flaws in my plan!
Times are just examples and will obviously be worked out accurately nearer the time.
12:00 - Sump pump & storage tank power head turned off. Tank will drain to the top of the stand pipe, any extra volume in the sump will flow out of the overflow and into the waste pipe.
12:10 - Pump in the tank overflow box will begin pumping water out and into the waste pipe. I plan on only having this run for 1 minute, after that I believe the water should syphon through nicely until the water level in the overflow box is below the pump’s intake therefore breaking the syphon.
12:30 - Pump in the storage container begins pumping water (already at temp and conditioned) back into tank for the correct amount of time to bring the water back up to level.
13:00 - Sump pump back on and tank back to normal.
14:30 - Timer fills storage tank from mains water supply.
15:00 - Storage tank power head power on.
15:10 - Drip feeder supplies dechlorinator to supply tank for set amount of time / volume.
I'd really appreciate any feedback on these plans, although it may be a while away before I can get started on this, I'd like to get as much of the planning done and organised before hand...
Thanks in advance!
Chris Morse
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This is my first post here… I’ve been out of the hobby for about 6 years now. Before I moved out of home and in with the wife I had 3 planted tanks doing ok. One with CO2, the others no injection. We’ve moved 3 times in the last 6 years, but are going to be purchasing our first house soon(ish). Which means I’m getting a tank! And this tank is going to be the tank I’ve always wanted, so obviously I'm excited.
It’s got to meet the following criteria:
Be low maintenance
Be able to be left unattended for 2-3 weeks
Look stunning
So this is my plan…
It’s mostly likely going to be a 72” x 24” x 18” “river tank”, with a 36” x 24” x 18” sump. I plan on using a bottom feeding weir / overflow box to fill the sump to help suck up any detritus and minimise the need for vacuuming. This will be positioned at one end of the tank, covering the whole side. The spray bar from the sump will positioned at the other end hopefully creating a continuous flow in one direction. I’m not looking for white water or a particularly fast flow, just a steady flow in one direction. Both ends will be hidden either by the unit. Or if all goes to plan, this will be a in-wall tank with sump etc. in the garage / cupboard in the room behind and so the overflow box will be behind plaster board.
I plan on using timers to do automatic water changes once a week (volumes yet to be decided). This is how I see it working in my head. I've never even attempted anything like this before so would appreciate anyone pointing out flaws in my plan!
Times are just examples and will obviously be worked out accurately nearer the time.
12:00 - Sump pump & storage tank power head turned off. Tank will drain to the top of the stand pipe, any extra volume in the sump will flow out of the overflow and into the waste pipe.
12:10 - Pump in the tank overflow box will begin pumping water out and into the waste pipe. I plan on only having this run for 1 minute, after that I believe the water should syphon through nicely until the water level in the overflow box is below the pump’s intake therefore breaking the syphon.
12:30 - Pump in the storage container begins pumping water (already at temp and conditioned) back into tank for the correct amount of time to bring the water back up to level.
13:00 - Sump pump back on and tank back to normal.
14:30 - Timer fills storage tank from mains water supply.
15:00 - Storage tank power head power on.
15:10 - Drip feeder supplies dechlorinator to supply tank for set amount of time / volume.
I'd really appreciate any feedback on these plans, although it may be a while away before I can get started on this, I'd like to get as much of the planning done and organised before hand...
Thanks in advance!
Chris Morse
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