New house, new tank. 290 Gallon Build

[dusty16]

Currently having an issue with the amount of sound/vibration the return pump and one of my WP-60s are making. You can hear the tank throughout the entire house when its running. I was told to run the WP-60 for a little while to break in. Hopefully that solves that issue.

[Wretch]

Originally Posted by dusty16

Currently having an issue with the amount of sound/vibration the return pump and one of my WP-60s are making. You can hear the tank throughout the entire house when its running. I was told to run the WP-60 for a little while to break in. Hopefully that solves that issue.

Looks great so far. As for how loud the pump is the whole house is empty and everything will seem loud until furniture, carpet and what not are in. Give them a little break in time and see if that helps.

[mseepman]

It's looking awesome! This reminds me so much of my own build (I even did a 290 as well) and built the house around it. I like the design. You will love Starfire as long as you take care of it.

[dusty16]

Originally Posted by Wretch

Looks great so far. As for how loud the pump is the whole house is empty and everything will seem loud until furniture, carpet and what not are in. Give them a little break in time and see if that helps.

Guess Ill worry about the noise closer to when we move in.

Originally Posted by mseepman

It's looking awesome! This reminds me so much of my own build (I even did a 290 as well) and built the house around it. I like the design. You will love Starfire as long as you take care of it.

Hopefully I can get mine looking as good as yours. As for the starphire I just hope I dont end up scratching it when I put the rocks in.

[dusty16]

Got bored today so I decided to play around with my rock.

Here is what Eli had done for me when they sent me the rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs4301O8p_0

Heres my attempt at something a little different. Just stacked them in whatever way they would stay in place.

[dusty16]

Question. Is it ok to have a lot of places for fish to hide or does that just create dead zones where debris will collect.

[jason604]

Originally Posted by dusty16

Question. Is it ok to have a lot of places for fish to hide or does that just create dead zones where debris will collect.

both! places for fishes to hide is good, but yes it does cause some dead spots. You should keep that rockscape tho its rly nice

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by dusty16

Question. Is it ok to have a lot of places for fish to hide or does that just create dead zones where debris will collect.

I've found the more hiding spots you have the more your fish will tend to stay in the open as they aren't so busy defending limited hiding spots. Also there will be more detritus buildup in those areas but I found my CuC does a fairly good job of cleaning up those areas as well