building your own eco-system
- Thread starter cbcrusher
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johnnysalt
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CBCrusher,
Yep, I saw the pic of the ecosystem sump and I built my own out of a 30g tank. Tank, sand, plexiglass for dividers (Hardware store you buy that from should cut your requested dimensions for free) caulerpa, silicone and water all for less than $100! Please do this project yourself....it is so simple! If I can do it, so can you! And I've only been in this hobby for a few months now. And have you priced these ecosystems? The one recommended for my 100g tank would have cost me about $400-500! That is insane! Oh and check out MY "below tank" sump with refugium diagram...it is better than the ecosystem because I can restrict the flow of water to the refugium section at however slow of a gph I want! (50 gph is recommended) If you want other pics, email me: johntori@home.com
Have fun...let us know what you end up doing!
Yep, I saw the pic of the ecosystem sump and I built my own out of a 30g tank. Tank, sand, plexiglass for dividers (Hardware store you buy that from should cut your requested dimensions for free) caulerpa, silicone and water all for less than $100! Please do this project yourself....it is so simple! If I can do it, so can you! And I've only been in this hobby for a few months now. And have you priced these ecosystems? The one recommended for my 100g tank would have cost me about $400-500! That is insane! Oh and check out MY "below tank" sump with refugium diagram...it is better than the ecosystem because I can restrict the flow of water to the refugium section at however slow of a gph I want! (50 gph is recommended) If you want other pics, email me: johntori@home.com
Have fun...let us know what you end up doing!
trigahappynigerog
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you can also use rubbermaid containers. they are real easy.