Your current Fish tank Setups!

Spook187 · 10 Mar 2015 at 06:27

New marine tank getting ready for install, will be doing some joist supports for this beast sometime in the week, so heavy and i live an old house so want to get it right for the massive weight it's putting on my floor

Delvis · 10 Mar 2015 at 09:57

BigBruiserAl said:
meh I have approx 450l and do a 80% water change every 7 days now that's a ball ache

UTmaniac said:
You dread a ~31 litre water change? lol

I change 50% (~700 litres) every week as standard on five active tanks, ~140-450l in volume, containing ~300 fish (~3cm SL adults to ~32cm SL and still growing).

Yes, but I am new to this

Also, any tips? Last time I had to fill up a bucket 5 times and it's a pain in the back side...Or just purchase a reallllllllllllllly long hose?

MassiveJim · 10 Mar 2015 at 11:33

Delvis said:
Yes, but I am new to this

Also, any tips? Last time I had to fill up a bucket 5 times and it's a pain in the back side...Or just purchase a reallllllllllllllly long hose?

Get a 25 litre bucket off the bay and use that, then you only have to do 1 1/2 buckets.

Delvis · 10 Mar 2015 at 20:59

Plan

Spook187 · 10 Mar 2015 at 21:28

Support work done to take the weight of the new tank

NoobCannon · 10 Mar 2015 at 21:30

What goes in the gap? Or you just expecting the floor to sag down onto the supports

Spook187 · 10 Mar 2015 at 21:33

NoobCannon said:
What goes in the gap? Or you just expecting the floor to sag down onto the supports

Will be fine, steel through the lintel it's only a small gap nothing to worry about

Delvis · 10 Mar 2015 at 21:53

Yes but you would have thought you'd have connected it? To save sagging?

Spook187 · 10 Mar 2015 at 22:02

The weight isn't all on the center it's spread over an area, been keeping tanks for 25 years never been a issue with sagging floors like that, the floor is fine just putting that extra bit of support in for peace of mind.

Delvis · 10 Mar 2015 at 22:13

Well you didn't say that

I hope it works out and I look forward to seeing the progress

Spook187 · 10 Mar 2015 at 23:56

Delvis said:
Well you didn't say that I hope it works out and I look forward to seeing the progress

Found a couple of small acro type props in the shed, I suppose I could use those for center since i used all my blocks, keep everyone happy

Delvis · 11 Mar 2015 at 07:05

Long as you're happy I wouldn't worry

arc@css · 11 Mar 2015 at 13:54

I'm just setting up an air pump, but want to make sure I've done it correctly. Does the non-return valve go directly on to the air pump, or is it positioned a short way along the airline tubing?

Spook187 · 11 Mar 2015 at 14:23

Finished support, it's going no where those joists

Unicorn · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:12

arc@css said:
I'm just setting up an air pump, but want to make sure I've done it correctly. Does the non-return valve go directly on to the air pump, or is it positioned a short way along the airline tubing?

Pump > Short tube > Non return > tube > airstone etc

arc@css · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:44

Unicorn said:
Pump > Short tube > Non return > tube > airstone etc

Good, that's the way I thought it was meant to be. Ta.

Another question for anyone out there : should a spray bar be positioned so that it's returning water directly back on to the surface, or is okay to have it submerged?

King4aDay · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:15

arc@css said:
Another question for anyone out there : should a spray bar be positioned so that it's returning water directly back on to the surface, or is okay to have it submerged?

Ideally you want a nice surface ripple going on to aid oxygenation. If you've already got that with an airstone then I guess you could sink the spraybar, but generally you get the best flow by generating a circular water movement (across top, down front glass, along substrate back towards the rear of the tank) which is achieved with them at the top pointing at the front glass.

ShaolinDreams · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:19

Looking good Spook

Sarah469 · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:45

wrong thread

arc@css · 11 Mar 2015 at 19:51

King4aDay said:
Ideally you want a nice surface ripple going on to aid oxygenation. If you've already got that with an airstone then I guess you could sink the spraybar, but generally you get the best flow by generating a circular water movement (across top, down front glass, along substrate back towards the rear of the tank) which is achieved with them at the top pointing at the front glass.

Cheers.