Cheers for all the comments
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How are you doing water changes? Are you worried about ruining your carpet with water?
There's a drain at either end of the tank which share common plumbing within the cabinet. So at the moment the 1 canister draws from 2 spots. There are 2 other ball valve fittings, 1 for another canister and the other has a garden hose attachment allowing for drainage. I'll attempt to use this to top up the tank also as long as it doesn't blow back through the canisters (can always turn the valves OFF).
Looking awesome so far Dazza! What are those rocks? They look bloody great.
Slate I'm pretty sure. Came out of one of AAA's displays.
Hey daz, you might want to build some supports for the pipes. A lot of stress will be put on the cabinet/bottom of tank from the sand, rocks, water and suction caused by the inlet. The weight of the pipes and water in them will add to this stress.
Also, would it not be better to put the outflow on the inside of the inlet? That way the water cycles a bit more. Not a huge difference, but if it's not too late...
My main concern is the movement of the PVC when I'm twisting the ball valves coz they're super tight and I don't want to put stress on the joints. Will see if I can secure. Re: positioning of the inlet I had the same thought but it was easier to leave this way to allow for the common/shared drainage plumbing. I've added some elbows which allows me to direct the flow of the outlets away from the drain which helps. Will get some more pics.
Also, would it not be better to put the outflow on the inside of the inlet? That way the water cycles a bit more. Not a huge difference, but if it's not too late
Inlet of what outlet of what? tank or canister? ?? There do close together I can't see it really matters.
English Bowdy? LOL
Where did you get the cabinet and hood from ? . Looks fantastic.
Tanks, cabs and hoods all from Vebas. Very happy with the look and build quality. It's mango wood. Hoods are a custom order that I got to be double the height to give me more flexibility on lighting (less heat issues and better spread).
whats going in these set ups anyways
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It'd make a sweet planted but I'm actually going tankbusters which was unplanned but I bought half the fish out of AAA's display. Mainly snook, scats, silver dollars etc.