Aquarium Designs

Youll be very glad you did.

Dont lose your mind! Or sense of purpose here in working out the plumbing arrangement for your system. There are indeed "many roads" to Rome and getting the water about for your saltwater set-up. The very best advice (what I would do) is to visit shops, other aquarists, closely examine their rigs and ask them what they might do differently had they to do all over again.

Plumbing and Fitting Size:

There are tables of tubing/plumbing size recommendations per any given run (length) o

Unfortunately, it just does not work too well in aquariums.

Powerhead Maintenance

Regardless of brand, all powerheads are going to require some routine maintenance to keep them functioning properly. Intake screens should be cleaned at least once per month. Every three to six months I give my pumps a series of chemical bathes to clean them thoroughly. First, unplug the pump, remove it from the tank, and place it in a clean bucket that is only used for the aquarium. No mop buckets! Be sure to arrange the powerhead such that the output nozzle is aimed sideways (Not up! Youll see why in a minute!). Add enough hot tap water to completely subm

Note that in most cases, this does not necessarily mean they cannot be kept successfully in a home aquarium. We just want you to be careful!

Size: Grow too large for almost all home aquariums, requiring more than 1000 gallons, and in many cases, several thousand gallons.

Stress: Those species that are very sensitive and stress easily, do not transport well, and are susceptible to parasites and disease. This classification also

.. Believe me, "been there, done that"... too many times!

Maybe youre really familiar with a CAD-CAM computer program, but most folks do fine with quadrille paper (for estimating size) a pencil, straight-edge and a BIG eraser. Draw out the basics of your main/display tank, any sumps, reservoirs, refugiums you intend, how they will likely be juxtaposed (measuring and drawing their dimensions as well as stands/supports), AND THEN consider how and where they might best be joined by plumbing.

Space!

Take a look about the area you will

See your local fish store, internet e-tailers for these materials. Theyre placed in your filter flow path to maximize removal. Once again, realized that this is again a "stop-gap" measure, that you need to find, solve the source of the bottle neck in your cycling.

Moving Livestock: Obviously a good, practical approach GIVEN you have room elsewhere in a fully-cycled, stable system. <

Reply to Need more fishy advice please

mrbigmuscles posted a reply:

In regards to what "Funfishtank" has to say, I disagree. Whether you cycle fishy or fishless does not affect how many fish you can add at once after they cycling process is complete.

If you add a fish,.

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Aquarium Designs

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