tgc
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Hi Guys
I have an opportunity to change one of my tanks over from a marine macro algae seahorse tank to a freshwater planted.
I would obviously like to re-use as much of the equipment as possible to keep to changeover costs to a minimum.
The tank itself is a sumped 3ft optiwhite rimless braceless tank sitting on a custom cabinet which i built. Single centre overflow weir which then goes down twin overflow into the sump.
The water enters chamber one which was setup as a Siporax media tower with the water leaving the first chamber from beneath then over in to chamber two, currently empty except for the heater, then over into the return chamber and pumped back up into the main tank via a twin exit one in each corner. There was also a 25L evaporation top up tank in the sump.
Temperature is controlled by a STC-1000 thermostat.
Solutions for the marine tank were dosed with a for channel dosing unit.
Lighting provided by an AI Prime LED.
So that is what I have to play with.
I am keen on going with CO2 and liquid fert dosing and modifying the LED program to provide suitable light.
What are your immediate thoughts on the setup and what would you change?
Cheers Tim
I have an opportunity to change one of my tanks over from a marine macro algae seahorse tank to a freshwater planted.
I would obviously like to re-use as much of the equipment as possible to keep to changeover costs to a minimum.
The tank itself is a sumped 3ft optiwhite rimless braceless tank sitting on a custom cabinet which i built. Single centre overflow weir which then goes down twin overflow into the sump.
The water enters chamber one which was setup as a Siporax media tower with the water leaving the first chamber from beneath then over in to chamber two, currently empty except for the heater, then over into the return chamber and pumped back up into the main tank via a twin exit one in each corner. There was also a 25L evaporation top up tank in the sump.
Temperature is controlled by a STC-1000 thermostat.
Solutions for the marine tank were dosed with a for channel dosing unit.
Lighting provided by an AI Prime LED.
So that is what I have to play with.
I am keen on going with CO2 and liquid fert dosing and modifying the LED program to provide suitable light.
What are your immediate thoughts on the setup and what would you change?
Cheers Tim