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Here is my 29g sump, main tank is a 60 gal with ~30 mbuna Overflow is a bean animal design coming down three 1.5" pipes. First partition is coarse mechanical filtration Second partition is kaldnes k1 fluidized media. I have a 15lph air pump with 2 bubble walls circulating the media Third...

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Display is a 60gal the sump is a 29gal Thanks, the backdrop came from universal rocks. I have been keeping an eye on the flow to the return pump. I have switched from the quilting floss to the pink mat to improve flow

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This has been a couple year project finally coming together. My plan for this aquarium is to do a colony of demasoni and yellow labs. I bought the tank off craigslist at the end of 2013 and did a little bit of scratch removal/restoration. I was going to buy the reef savvy ghost overflow but...

thanks again! drilling a hole in the Y is a great idea! I might rethink my mechanical filtration. A family member bought me some filter socks for christmas last year and ill probably give them a try to see how I like them. Although, I do like the option of buying big rolls of quilting sheets...

thanks for the response! My overflow is a nice ebay copy of the reefsavvy ghost overflow, there just isn't any more room to plumb the returns through the box. I am hoping I can trust the bulkheads??? I have not ever used them before, should I be looking for a specific brand or vendor to...

I need advice for placement of my return lines from sump to aquarium. I want to drill and place bulkheads in the back panel because I want a very clean look, so I need to be sure of my placement. The aquarium will be housing a colony of demasoni and probably yellow labs The tank is a 60gal...

I have a fancy eheim e3 2076 that is very quiet, however if i were to buy another canister i wouldnt spend the money on the bells and whistles. I would buy 2 less expensive canisters, and place one on each end of the tank. What ive found is one canister just isnt enough water flow to really...

yes. you need a good environment for the bacteria to grow then add the ammonia for the food source and the bacteria will grow. You have to figure out how much to dose and then once the bacteria starts growing you will have to figure out a daily dose of ammonia to keep it alive. Your...

IMO that looks more like a blue phantom

Thanks! I found it on aquabid.com from the vendor "thewetspot". IIRC I paid $30+ shipping. Ask your lfs if they can get one and it will probably be a little cheaper

thanks! thats actually pretty light and showing the spots well, its usually a darker green where the spots are almost hidden. I would say its somewhere between 5.5-6" those are some crazy looking BNs btw :)

Here is my L-200 green phantom aka "Dylan" ive had for about a year now.

Does this help at all? edit* here is a youtube video showing the setup

I would look into an algae scrubber if your wanting to remove a majority of the nitrates. i have seachem matrix and 2x100ml bags of seachem purigen in my canister filter on my 55gal stocked with 1x angel 1x rtbs 5x polka dot loach 1x large green phantom pleco 6x skirt tetras i did a water...

Looking into doing a sump and have a question about pipe sizing. I have a 60gal tank. I want to do an external box beananimal type overflow. I want to have a 30 gal sump with ~800gph pump I'm trying to decide between the 18" or 24" ghost overflow. For full specs: Ghost Overflow | Reef Savvy...

This. I keep those S-M-T-W-T-F-S medicine trays and fill them with food before i leave so when my friend comes over to feed they just dump it in and done!

Im in the process of setting up a new tank and im throwing around the idea of hanging the lighting from the ceiling. This will be a mbuna tank so there will be no plants, the light will be for viewing fish only. The lighting fixture I had in mind is the Current USA LED+ freshwater. Pros for...

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perhaps the DIY forum would better serve my thread? maybe a moderator could move it for me? Ive done some more digging and ive found a few styles of standpipes. 1. Durso 2. Hofer 3. BeanAnimal's Bar and Grill - Silent and Fail-Safe Overflow System (not a fan of this design because I think the...

I'm picking up a 60gal seaclear acrylic aquarium (48x15x18). I want to do a 30gal freshwater refugium sump and I want add internal overflow box(es) to the display tank. I've never done a sump setup before so I need to know all the little tricks, what not to do etc. ill try to be specific with my...

I have a big fake rock cave in my tank as well as other caves and crevices I've made with real rock and my bolivian rams always hang out at the front glass during the day. When they sleep there will usually be one that went in the cave then the others just kind of space themselves out equally.

Ive been reading into african cichlids and I want to start a mbuna tank in the near future. I want a tank that has fish with bold colors as well as interesting social behavior. I have community tanks with colorful good looking fish, but sometimes they seem a little lazy and boring. I have...