themodernchap
Seedling
Hi guys,
I'm new to the forum, so I thought I would make a thread to say hello and ask for a look over my new setup.
I used to have a 400l planted discus tank, then a small reef for a few years, then I moved house a whole bunch of times and having a tank just wouldn't be possible. Last year I bought a house in a little village outside Belfast, Northern Ireland and that means it's time for a new tank.
So, next Friday my LFS is delivering a 4' by 2' by 26" tall Clearseal Premier tank with cabinet. It's a sumped tank although I don't have accurate measurements of the sump. I reckon that with displacement it will run at around 550l, maybe slightly more.
The tank is going to be set up as a planted discus tank (really my only love in freshwater besides pufferfish).
I was thinking of getting a 4x T5HO unit for lighting. Do you think that will be sufficient or should I stretch to the 6 tube unit?
For biological filtration I am thinking of running either Seachem Matrix or Siporax stacked into baskets. I haven't run a FW tank in almost 10 years so I am a little rusty and not sure what is currently working for people.
I would also like to turn part of the sump into a FW refugium which I will stock with shrimp, fast growing plants (was thinking Eoleda Densa, and a few floating species) scuds, daphnia, any bugs I think will reproduce and maybe some mosquitofish or guppies. What do you think?
I'll work out a stock list once I have figured out the water volume with the sump.
Thanks in advance for any comments you have.
Robert
Edit: I'm going to update this post with the vitals of the system as progress is made.
Display: 48"L x 24"W x 26"D made by Clearseal. (10mm glass with black silicone) (120x60x66cm) Volume circa 491L
Sump: 36"L x 15"W x 15" D made by Clearseal. (91x38x38cm) Running volume unknown as yet.
Lighting:
Lighting Suspension:
Filter Media:
Substrate:
Hardscape:
Plants:
Fish:
I'm new to the forum, so I thought I would make a thread to say hello and ask for a look over my new setup.
I used to have a 400l planted discus tank, then a small reef for a few years, then I moved house a whole bunch of times and having a tank just wouldn't be possible. Last year I bought a house in a little village outside Belfast, Northern Ireland and that means it's time for a new tank.
So, next Friday my LFS is delivering a 4' by 2' by 26" tall Clearseal Premier tank with cabinet. It's a sumped tank although I don't have accurate measurements of the sump. I reckon that with displacement it will run at around 550l, maybe slightly more.
The tank is going to be set up as a planted discus tank (really my only love in freshwater besides pufferfish).
I was thinking of getting a 4x T5HO unit for lighting. Do you think that will be sufficient or should I stretch to the 6 tube unit?
For biological filtration I am thinking of running either Seachem Matrix or Siporax stacked into baskets. I haven't run a FW tank in almost 10 years so I am a little rusty and not sure what is currently working for people.
I would also like to turn part of the sump into a FW refugium which I will stock with shrimp, fast growing plants (was thinking Eoleda Densa, and a few floating species) scuds, daphnia, any bugs I think will reproduce and maybe some mosquitofish or guppies. What do you think?
I'll work out a stock list once I have figured out the water volume with the sump.
Thanks in advance for any comments you have.
Robert
Edit: I'm going to update this post with the vitals of the system as progress is made.
Display: 48"L x 24"W x 26"D made by Clearseal. (10mm glass with black silicone) (120x60x66cm) Volume circa 491L
Sump: 36"L x 15"W x 15" D made by Clearseal. (91x38x38cm) Running volume unknown as yet.
Lighting:
Lighting Suspension:
Filter Media:
Substrate:
Hardscape:
Plants:
Fish:
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