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Originally Posted by NastayNatron
Looks good so far! Just a thought here - I would put your heater in the overflow. That way you don't have to look at it in the tank. I have both of my heaters in the overflow on my 125g and they have been working flawlessly! Looks great though  |
Im chalking that one ( and a couple other wrinkles ) to things you learn after the fact. Skimmer and return in the 3rd chamber so middle could be used a refuge was one. Too much displacement, not enough cushion for overflow, 1 gallon daily evap was resulting in about water level change of 1 to 1.5 inches daily. Had to move the skimmer to the center chamber, equlaise water levels in the 2nd/3rd chambers and increase surface area to resolve that.
The sump I have (Aqueon Proflex 3) was measured to give me room under the cabinet. Its fair size but the middle chamber is 18 high and 14(?) wide. While setting the tank up, and filling, my smaller heater was left on the coffee table, and when we moved that, it fell and shattered on the tiles. The LFS guy helping me replaced with the pictured 22 inch eheim gratis, wasnt about sqwuak when it was as much my fault. By the time I got it home I realised it was about 4 inches to big for the sump. So for now its there, and may buy something smaller for the sump and keep that as reserve. Really dont like the idea of a rock falling and possibly cracking it, not to mention the esthetic.
I'm sure there will be more.
Thanks.
J