Hi,
I just purchased a 90 gallon non-drilled all glass aquarium. I considered drilling but don't want to risk breaking it. I tried to see if it was tempered, but my sunglasses either weren't polarized or something because some car windows marked "tempered" didn't show the pattern, while others did. Anyhow I think it's best I don't mess with that. I'm doing this as much DIY as possible to save money.
I plan a ROWLR (is that the acronym?) for starters then maybe move to coral at some point when I can get more light. I have time since I've done nothing yet, but obviously the family would like to see something going on, even if it's just water and dead rock.
So my first course of action is planning my sump and overflows. I'm want to make 2 X 1.5" PVC overflows which gives me 840 gph each (total 1680). Then would a 900 GPH return pump be suitable for this size tank? Am I going too large, too small? If I know the flow I should have I can size this properly.
I plan using 3 rubbermaid totes as sump, plumbed together with PVC. Plan is in pic below. One thing I'm not sure of is if micro bubbles are a concern with this design since I can't see how to put baffles in a rubbermaid. I'll skim/heat in one, return in the middle and fuge in another.
I'm also going to make dead rock with cement, oyster shell, sand, and salt. That will take some time. Initial idea is to start it up with dead rock and some live rock to seed it. I know I'm missing lots of details but overall any help is appreciated. Anything I am planning that won't work at all?
Okay I'm so new my photo bucket link won't work. So anyhow, it's 3 rubber maids with fuge on left, return in middle, skimmer/heat on right. They will have PVC between them (any height recommendations for connecting them?) One drain will have a smaller pipe to the fuge and the larger going to the skimmer. The other will go directly to skimmer. Valve on fuge pipe to adjust flow.
I just purchased a 90 gallon non-drilled all glass aquarium. I considered drilling but don't want to risk breaking it. I tried to see if it was tempered, but my sunglasses either weren't polarized or something because some car windows marked "tempered" didn't show the pattern, while others did. Anyhow I think it's best I don't mess with that. I'm doing this as much DIY as possible to save money.
I plan a ROWLR (is that the acronym?) for starters then maybe move to coral at some point when I can get more light. I have time since I've done nothing yet, but obviously the family would like to see something going on, even if it's just water and dead rock.
So my first course of action is planning my sump and overflows. I'm want to make 2 X 1.5" PVC overflows which gives me 840 gph each (total 1680). Then would a 900 GPH return pump be suitable for this size tank? Am I going too large, too small? If I know the flow I should have I can size this properly.
I plan using 3 rubbermaid totes as sump, plumbed together with PVC. Plan is in pic below. One thing I'm not sure of is if micro bubbles are a concern with this design since I can't see how to put baffles in a rubbermaid. I'll skim/heat in one, return in the middle and fuge in another.
I'm also going to make dead rock with cement, oyster shell, sand, and salt. That will take some time. Initial idea is to start it up with dead rock and some live rock to seed it. I know I'm missing lots of details but overall any help is appreciated. Anything I am planning that won't work at all?
Okay I'm so new my photo bucket link won't work. So anyhow, it's 3 rubber maids with fuge on left, return in middle, skimmer/heat on right. They will have PVC between them (any height recommendations for connecting them?) One drain will have a smaller pipe to the fuge and the larger going to the skimmer. The other will go directly to skimmer. Valve on fuge pipe to adjust flow.
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