WOW there really is a forum for EVERYTHING nowadays! Good thing too, because it saves me all kinds of headaches in the long run.
I've had fish tanks since I was 7-8 years old and I've recently (past 2 years) graduated into reef keeping. It has been a very rewarding and interesting hobby (although a very expensive one) and I've enjoyed learning the ins and outs of all the millions of organisms that live in my system. Unfortunately I've maxed out my eco-system and I'm sure if I bring yet another tank in the house I'll be nothing short of castrated by the misses. I fully understand the ins and outs of the nitrogen cycle, temp differences, flow rates, and I love little DIY projects (and some large ones too). My wife loves working in the yard and I saw an opportunity to spnd some quality time with her while possibly gaining her interest in the other love of my life... Aquatics.
I purchased a new Maccourt 145g preformed liner to get me started (you have to love Craigslist). The lot that our home is on is in now way shape or form level, so I've set the liner above ground and supported the edges with sand bags. I have an entire closet full of all sorts of pumps, floss, carbon, sterilite tubs, etc. from all of my other aquatic ventures. So I should be able to put together a nice "nano-pond" with some potted vegetation surrounding it, and maybe a few comet's and possibly an eastern painted turtle (they are everywhere this year). My intentions are to get my feet wet with mixing aquatics and gardening this year (possibly grow out a few fish) and step up to a custom 2000-3000 build when we move this winter (building a home).
Okay so I want to be successful at this the first go around, hence why I'm reaching out to the vets from the start. I went rummaging around in my fish closet as the wife calls it and dug out a mag 7 pondmaster pump, a small powerhead, a big bag of bio balls, some filter floss, and an in tank filter that only runs about 300gph. My final intentions are to run a small water feature and a filter box of some sort off of the mag 7.
Any idea what size container would be an adequate bio enclosure for this volume?
All suggestions, comments, arguments, and info are welcome.
I've had fish tanks since I was 7-8 years old and I've recently (past 2 years) graduated into reef keeping. It has been a very rewarding and interesting hobby (although a very expensive one) and I've enjoyed learning the ins and outs of all the millions of organisms that live in my system. Unfortunately I've maxed out my eco-system and I'm sure if I bring yet another tank in the house I'll be nothing short of castrated by the misses. I fully understand the ins and outs of the nitrogen cycle, temp differences, flow rates, and I love little DIY projects (and some large ones too). My wife loves working in the yard and I saw an opportunity to spnd some quality time with her while possibly gaining her interest in the other love of my life... Aquatics.
I purchased a new Maccourt 145g preformed liner to get me started (you have to love Craigslist). The lot that our home is on is in now way shape or form level, so I've set the liner above ground and supported the edges with sand bags. I have an entire closet full of all sorts of pumps, floss, carbon, sterilite tubs, etc. from all of my other aquatic ventures. So I should be able to put together a nice "nano-pond" with some potted vegetation surrounding it, and maybe a few comet's and possibly an eastern painted turtle (they are everywhere this year). My intentions are to get my feet wet with mixing aquatics and gardening this year (possibly grow out a few fish) and step up to a custom 2000-3000 build when we move this winter (building a home).
Okay so I want to be successful at this the first go around, hence why I'm reaching out to the vets from the start. I went rummaging around in my fish closet as the wife calls it and dug out a mag 7 pondmaster pump, a small powerhead, a big bag of bio balls, some filter floss, and an in tank filter that only runs about 300gph. My final intentions are to run a small water feature and a filter box of some sort off of the mag 7.
Any idea what size container would be an adequate bio enclosure for this volume?
All suggestions, comments, arguments, and info are welcome.
