Enki
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hey folks. It has been a good long while since I have posted here, I have been out of the aquarium thing for a few years after a move where I had to cut lose my several tanks and then a move across the Pacific to beautiful Thailand with only 2 suitcases and a backpack.
I'm settled here now into a place where I feel at home and plan to stay for a while and I miss having fish. Also Aquarium stuff is insanely cheap here. What is available is limited but amazing prices I was looking at a brand new 7 foot 180 gallon with stand tank and light hood for about 150 bucks US. I saw a used one for half that. I have always wanted really big tank and this seems like the time to do it.
My main question right now is about filtration. The tanks I'm looking at have dual corner overflows built in, about 6"x6" on each side. They are set up to put a big powerhead in the bottom of the overflow to push the water back in to the main tank after it flows down through a few layers of filter media. I'd really like to keep this simple as possible, so I'm hoping that between the 2 overflows there would be enough filter capacity for a decently stocked mbuna or peacock tank.
For decor I'm thinking of going with a sunken temple sort of theme, stone veneer glued to the back of the tank and broken statuary piled up as rockwork.
Pretty excited about this tank, I miss having the fishes around.
I'm settled here now into a place where I feel at home and plan to stay for a while and I miss having fish. Also Aquarium stuff is insanely cheap here. What is available is limited but amazing prices I was looking at a brand new 7 foot 180 gallon with stand tank and light hood for about 150 bucks US. I saw a used one for half that. I have always wanted really big tank and this seems like the time to do it.
My main question right now is about filtration. The tanks I'm looking at have dual corner overflows built in, about 6"x6" on each side. They are set up to put a big powerhead in the bottom of the overflow to push the water back in to the main tank after it flows down through a few layers of filter media. I'd really like to keep this simple as possible, so I'm hoping that between the 2 overflows there would be enough filter capacity for a decently stocked mbuna or peacock tank.
For decor I'm thinking of going with a sunken temple sort of theme, stone veneer glued to the back of the tank and broken statuary piled up as rockwork.
Pretty excited about this tank, I miss having the fishes around.