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richard kagen
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We have a 55 hex with a wet/dry sump, skimmer box set-up. Not a great saltwater tank, but it is what we have.
We love the idea of a seperate refug heavily planted with mangroves (red and white seems to be popular) as a place to have a jawfish, crabs and feeder shrimp and a couple of chunks of live rock from LFS
This is the set up I had in mind:
1) drill a 3/4" return hole 1" down on the side of a 20 gallon that sits 1' higher than the display tank, is there a danger of cracking drilling that close to the top edge of the glass?
2) use a Penguin BIO-Wheel 350 Power Filter on the 20. I am not sure if I can adapt the pick-up to draw from the display tank or if it will lift the 10 -12inches. If not, don't use the Penguin pump, but place a powerhead in the display tank to pump into the BIO-Wheel chamber. Thoughts?
3) put 20 lbs of live (bagged) sand in the 20, thoughts on an undergravel filter with airstones to keep some flow through the sand?
4) Eggcrate/open top (main tank is sealed up given the eels) with overhead lighting. I am thinking about raising some side & back walls of plexiglass to make it easier to spray down the salt on the mangroves and to keep the heat around the tops of the plants.
We love the idea of a seperate refug heavily planted with mangroves (red and white seems to be popular) as a place to have a jawfish, crabs and feeder shrimp and a couple of chunks of live rock from LFS
This is the set up I had in mind:
1) drill a 3/4" return hole 1" down on the side of a 20 gallon that sits 1' higher than the display tank, is there a danger of cracking drilling that close to the top edge of the glass?
2) use a Penguin BIO-Wheel 350 Power Filter on the 20. I am not sure if I can adapt the pick-up to draw from the display tank or if it will lift the 10 -12inches. If not, don't use the Penguin pump, but place a powerhead in the display tank to pump into the BIO-Wheel chamber. Thoughts?
3) put 20 lbs of live (bagged) sand in the 20, thoughts on an undergravel filter with airstones to keep some flow through the sand?
4) Eggcrate/open top (main tank is sealed up given the eels) with overhead lighting. I am thinking about raising some side & back walls of plexiglass to make it easier to spray down the salt on the mangroves and to keep the heat around the tops of the plants.
