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  7. Building a 600l tank, questions?

    in DIY Section

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    I have 2 x Tunze 6045's in my 1700 x 600 x 600 tank and that combined with the return pump gives me more than enough flow , the 6045's are not controllable , you can dial them back a bit with the blue sleeve that you move up and down .

    I found that if you want controllable Tunze's they jump up quite a bit more , hence I "settled" on the 6045's and have been quite happy with the result.

    Ideally I would have liked to have gotten the Ecotech Vortech MP40 but at around $ 800 its quite a bit to lay out :fshi:

    I also got my gravel from Stone and Water World on Marua rd , I got 1-2mm Black marble chip and was quite happy with the result , I mixed 1 bag of the Chip with 2 bags of Cichlid mix

  13. My African Cichlid tank journal

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    Been a while since I updated my "journal"

    I decided to do my sump a little differently so here is SUMP 2.0

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    The reason I decided to do a re-design was that my old sump was just too difficult when it came to maintenance , I would have to completely remove the plumbing to get to the tower and I had actually no more space for any type of media at all if I wanted to add anything so I got thinking and came up with what you see above ,

    I finished it up last night after a few tweaks here and there and so far the result is much better , my setup was always pretty quite and you could just here a bit if a splashing around in the old sump tower , but now it is totally silent , all you can hear is a slight hum from the pumps so well pleased :bggrn:

  14. In Sump plants ?

    in Cichlids

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    I ended up with a "spare" section in my new sump due to my bad calculations and am planning on filling it with 30ppi Poret filter squares and was also considering plants ?

    Does any know which plants would be suitable for this purpose ? reducing nitrates etc.

    Thanks ! :fshi:

  25. New tank mates ??

    in Cichlids

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    I am considering some tank mates for my Dems and Yellows ,

    I was thinking of either,

    - Red Top Trewavasae

    - Auratus Cichlid

    - Peacocks ??? But don't know which ones would be compatible or if that would even be an issue ?

    anyone have any advise regarding this please ?

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