g2theram Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Very nice set up! I have a few questions if you don't mind. What equipment will you keep in the sump other than the heater? Will you use filter socks? I have been kicking around the idea of a freshwater tank and am wondering what the benefit is to using a sump with freshwater. Will you be using any pumps in the tank or just rely on flow through the sump? So far just heaters will be house in the sump. In the main chamber I will set up a refugium I'm going to need to put in a little research into some good plants. Once the tank is set up I am going to check the flow of the water I am sure that I will need some additional flow besides the return due to the big rocks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g2theram Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 I got a lot done over the last week and I forgot to post my photos. So here's a recap of the last week. Got my pump in and it was time to plumb the tank. I decided to keep the Durso because I wanted a clean look and didn't want to run any plumbing out of the stand. So far it's extremely quiet the only noise that I can here come from the sump Next I grabbed some sand from an existing tank and laid in all of my rock work. It's kind of hard to tell from the photo but I was able to make lots of caves I also moved over some filter pads from two existing tanks to seed my tank with some bacteria. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanmike01 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Neat lookin setup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g2theram Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Thanks I was happy with how it all turned out. I still need to add plants to the refugium and I would also like to add some Java fern to the wood and rocks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanmike01 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Looks like you got it figured out tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g2theram Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Updated FTS Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackice Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Very well done looks great!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanmike01 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 That's pretty freakin sick! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Great work. Be sure to use root tabs for the sand. Especially the foreground plant (sagittaria subulata?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g2theram Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 I was hoping you'd chime in. Are root tabs fertilizer. Not sure on the plants I have it written down but I'm not home right now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I was hoping you'd chime in. Are root tabs fertilizer. Not sure on the plants I have it written down but I'm not home right now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yeah, root tabs are capsules of fertilizers. Sand substrate requires them more because nutrient rich water doesn't circulate down there as easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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