jasony
Member
Hey guys, Im a total noob to saltater, but i have had and successfully kept fresh up to 120 gallons
i recently purchased a home and to my surprise the home has what looks to be a 100 gallaon salt water setup... i have no idea how to operate it or maintain it so i will describe it the best way i can with hopes that some of u are familiar with the setup and can basically tell me what i have....
the tank is filled with water and algae (house has been vacant for 1 year prior to me moving in)
it has plumbing going to the basement where there is another small 20 gallon tank on the floor.
Inside this tank i see a bunch of small 1 inch diameter "blue ball" looking things that are sectioned off by plexiglass that is vented (has holes).. underneath the section of plexiglass looks to be some sort of spongy material and underneath that appears to be some type of bag of charcoal (im assuming its chracoal, but its a bag of somethin)....
the top of this tank has a pipe running to it feeding water from the aquarium and the side of this tank has a pipe sucking water back upstairs to the aquairum.....hoked up to a motor
inside the aquarium upstars, in the left corner is a black "tower thing" ( im assuming this sucks up the water and brings it downstairs??) (forgive me,,, im a noob)
also inside the tank are two spouts that look like a "v".. im assuming they bring water into the tank after it has filtered in the smaller tank in the basement.
Can someone please identify this setup for me and tell me what i have? How do i get it up and running? how do i "clean" or "change" the filter? do i need to empty all the water out? (house was vacant for a year) or do i simply run the filter and then change the filter when it gets soiled?
Please help... i will be forever greatful....
jason
i recently purchased a home and to my surprise the home has what looks to be a 100 gallaon salt water setup... i have no idea how to operate it or maintain it so i will describe it the best way i can with hopes that some of u are familiar with the setup and can basically tell me what i have....
the tank is filled with water and algae (house has been vacant for 1 year prior to me moving in)
it has plumbing going to the basement where there is another small 20 gallon tank on the floor.
Inside this tank i see a bunch of small 1 inch diameter "blue ball" looking things that are sectioned off by plexiglass that is vented (has holes).. underneath the section of plexiglass looks to be some sort of spongy material and underneath that appears to be some type of bag of charcoal (im assuming its chracoal, but its a bag of somethin)....
the top of this tank has a pipe running to it feeding water from the aquarium and the side of this tank has a pipe sucking water back upstairs to the aquairum.....hoked up to a motor
inside the aquarium upstars, in the left corner is a black "tower thing" ( im assuming this sucks up the water and brings it downstairs??) (forgive me,,, im a noob)
also inside the tank are two spouts that look like a "v".. im assuming they bring water into the tank after it has filtered in the smaller tank in the basement.
Can someone please identify this setup for me and tell me what i have? How do i get it up and running? how do i "clean" or "change" the filter? do i need to empty all the water out? (house was vacant for a year) or do i simply run the filter and then change the filter when it gets soiled?
Please help... i will be forever greatful....
jason
