pierrebalmain
Reefing newb
hey im a new fish tank owner and i recently got a custom tank made up to fit in a really tight gap between my bed and my wall in the corner, i had a saltwater marine setup running of a canister filter only.
once i had it all setup got the water + filter running ran test on water was perfect i bought fish 2 weeks later puffer fish that lived pretty well then bought a lion fish and it would sit on the bottom of the sand bed like it was sick but really it was dying, eventually it passed away but the puffer fish was still living tested the water and apparently i got an amonia spike within a 6 hr period. so i took the fish out put it in my Cousins healthy tank and thats living there now so what happened was a couple of days later untreated maggots started to grow so i said stuff this i pulled it out and decided to start from scratch.
my problem is i was running it off a canister filter and i needed a sump + media with a decent protien skimmer, only problem is the spot where my tank fits its right in the corner and the dimensions of my tank are 250 thick 600 high and 1600 long in mm.
trouble here is my tank thin to get a custom made sump + skimmer to fit and there is no access from the front of the tank only the thin 250mm with side thats facing outways not the wall side,
what i needed help with was is it possible to drill both the intake and outake holes needed on the one side of the tank? its only 250 mm long so its pretty thin im not worried about the glass cracking cause i will take it back to the tank maker and its his responsibility, what i wanted to know is would i get a decent flow without any complications or if this is possible to run my plumbing like this? if so, what size piping and holes are recomended? do i run my intake pipe from the top hole and the outake from the bottom or vice versa?
someone please help asap cause if its possible the room next door is the garage with a gyprock partition wall i can drill these holes on the wall side hide all my plumbing sit it my setup on a stand or a rack and then i can go nuts n get the biggest sump best skimmer and do anythign i want with so much space to run a crazy setup
this is the thickness of my tank and i wanted to know if i can get both holes drilled on top of each other, obviously side by side isnt possible
this is the corner im talking about and the base of my tank, as you can see how small it is and where its placed its practically impossible to fit a sump let alone maintain it, the wall were that painting is is the side i wanted to drill my holes from my fishtank to go into my garage where my sump would sit
this is where my sump would sit and this is the other side of the wall, sorry mind the mess but once i throw all that stuff out and make room for a sump this is where it will sit with my piping!
this will be the final finished product, this is how it was before i copped all them problems
once i had it all setup got the water + filter running ran test on water was perfect i bought fish 2 weeks later puffer fish that lived pretty well then bought a lion fish and it would sit on the bottom of the sand bed like it was sick but really it was dying, eventually it passed away but the puffer fish was still living tested the water and apparently i got an amonia spike within a 6 hr period. so i took the fish out put it in my Cousins healthy tank and thats living there now so what happened was a couple of days later untreated maggots started to grow so i said stuff this i pulled it out and decided to start from scratch.
my problem is i was running it off a canister filter and i needed a sump + media with a decent protien skimmer, only problem is the spot where my tank fits its right in the corner and the dimensions of my tank are 250 thick 600 high and 1600 long in mm.
trouble here is my tank thin to get a custom made sump + skimmer to fit and there is no access from the front of the tank only the thin 250mm with side thats facing outways not the wall side,
what i needed help with was is it possible to drill both the intake and outake holes needed on the one side of the tank? its only 250 mm long so its pretty thin im not worried about the glass cracking cause i will take it back to the tank maker and its his responsibility, what i wanted to know is would i get a decent flow without any complications or if this is possible to run my plumbing like this? if so, what size piping and holes are recomended? do i run my intake pipe from the top hole and the outake from the bottom or vice versa?
someone please help asap cause if its possible the room next door is the garage with a gyprock partition wall i can drill these holes on the wall side hide all my plumbing sit it my setup on a stand or a rack and then i can go nuts n get the biggest sump best skimmer and do anythign i want with so much space to run a crazy setup
this is the thickness of my tank and i wanted to know if i can get both holes drilled on top of each other, obviously side by side isnt possible
this is the corner im talking about and the base of my tank, as you can see how small it is and where its placed its practically impossible to fit a sump let alone maintain it, the wall were that painting is is the side i wanted to drill my holes from my fishtank to go into my garage where my sump would sit
this is where my sump would sit and this is the other side of the wall, sorry mind the mess but once i throw all that stuff out and make room for a sump this is where it will sit with my piping!
this will be the final finished product, this is how it was before i copped all them problems
