HUGE AQUARIUM FILTRATION TIPS and DETAILS [210 Gallon Tank] - New Fish Room Update VLOG#31
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Here are the tips and details on how I'm going to be filtering and setting up my 210 gallon "monster" aquarium. It's a huge tank that is requiring a lot of planning to ensure I get it running perfectly. Here's a look behind the scenes, from a DIY sump, to plumbing, to lighting, to substrate,, to canisters. All of it! It's taking shape and I hope to be able to share the tank with you, running and stocked with fish, in the not too distant future!
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I love your new intro music. It's kind of science-fictiony and eerie.
It’s certainly different sounding. Thanks for stopping by😀
love the new theme music
Ben looking good welcome to the big boys club I own a a 220 I run 3 fx6 filters with a turbo twist 12x I’ve srerlizer not a bad idea for you sir good look and tank on brother
Great to see the 210 coming together this tank is gonna b awesome👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Those 14 inch socks will work very nice Ben...get 15-20 of them so you don't have to wash them for a month to 6 weeks. Don't be surprised if you realize that you don't even need the FX6 once your sump is dialed in. Those socks do a fantastic job of keeping the main tank looking sparkling.
I didn't realize you were doing over the top returns...this works fine but you may want to consider drilling a return line... looking great 👍
Oh, and if you get any drip leaks at the bulkheads on the rear of the tank when everything is up and running, just put some petroleum jelly on the rubber gaskets in the bulkheads...95% of leaks are always at the bulkheads and easily fixed.
Thanks GP! One fellow put a little silicone on his bulkheads. What do you think about that?
@@BenOchart Yes, you could do that but I would use silicone grease so that if you ever need to take the bulkhead apart in the future, it could easily be done...any kind of grease will do. I didn't have silicone grease when I set my tank up so I used the next best thing - petroleum jelly and I have no had a single drip ever since.
You may not even get a leak because your tank was drilled by Glasscages and they use heavy duty equipment to drill those holes perfectly. Most of us use a diamond bit on a drill and you get slight chips when the hole gets drilled. Those little cracks cause drip leaking. I can't wait to see how it all works out for you.
Ive seen your update vid and very excited for you. It was commented before but I really feel you should consider a bigger sump. 29 gal is nice but for a 210g, big fish load you know is comming and the room you have to work with a 40gal plus will give you more space, water volume and options for the future to toy with. Maybe an algae scrubber, bio media or a secondary return pump for redundancy. You have the time and chance now before you load up tank. Watching like a hawk
..lol. Blessings to you.
I agree that a bigger Sump is better. The 29 seems to be working well and at 2500gph is doing quite a bit of filtering. I’ve backed it up with a Fluval FX-6 and I think between the two I should be okay. My dream sump would be a 100 gallon😉😀👍🏻
Sicce makes the best pumps. There r versions in wifi to. I only use Sicce because they build the best pumps and honor their warrantys and they pick up when u call. Good choice Ben. Sump looks great.
Where do you CALL? I CAN'T FIND A NUMBER TO ORDER SPARE OR REPLACEMENT PARTS!
It’s coming along nicely
Awesome setup Ben cant wait to see it up and running 👍
Just love these types of videos. I am always learning something new. Thanks
Ben, great update, ambitious you are my friend ! Never done a sump 🤯 can’t wait for the unveiling ! Good luck ….. Charlie from just down I 65 .
Thanks for the update, and best wishes on your tank project !
Jim
thanks you for information , it's clear
Good planning.
Good equipment.
👍🏻🙂👍🏻
Very good video for how and what you are doing for the filtration on the new tank,I will be happy to see it up and running for you have been trying to get things done for a while. Keep up the great work and video and enjoy the week 👍😀.
WOW the work!!! But then...the rewards!
It will be awesome sitting in front of it when it’s finally going 😀
I am a fan of sicce pumps. They haven't given me a problem yet, maybe because I don't let them go forever without maintenance. But about every 6mths I go in and clean the impellers
Good work sir. You have obviously done some serious research on how to set this up. I'm sure you know this but you can use the valves directly after the overflow to time the outflow. One side that goes to my sump is lower in the overflow box and is closed down a little so that it full siphon's. the other side that is a little higher in my over flow box is fully open does not full siphon (unless I'm topping off my tank) and it flows to my 40 breeder for grow out that is plumbed in line (it has its own sponge filter and overflow pipe running over to the sump). My system has been running for about 2 years now and I noticed the other day my check valve is due for cleaning. It works for the most part but I can hear it hammering so its letting a little water by when the pump is off. I'm also looking at running an auto top off and planning to put my 3D printing skills to work and design and make my own DIY rotary drum filter to put before the sump. Right after your 3 rows of sponges but before the baffle in your sump you could put some floating media with either a power head or a bubbler to stir it to make a fluidized bed.
Very good points. I have a bad of floating blue balls. Do you think those are good or a waste of space?
@@BenOchart I think they are beneficial... I have filter floss (cotton batting) instead of filter socks, then pot scrubbers then bio balls. My sump is acrylic and where yours has the 2 baffles between the sponges and the pump mine has the same baffles with little standoffs in between that I can put a piece of light diffuser on top of and I can put the bio balls on top of that.
Ben, I’m following you closely on this set up; as I’m actually setting up a new 125.
As you said, a lot of work and planning to do.
Fortunately I’m learning from the best!!! Great job!!! Keep it up!!!
I’m hardly “the best” but I do appreciate your kind words.
I target 80% of the internal volume of a sump being biological media. I use nearly exclusively sponges at this time. If the media you have shown is all that is going in your sump I believe you are wasting a lot of space. I would add additional 20 and even 30 ppi sponges to the remaining open spaces, downstream from existing media. If the foam you have is 10ppi, in my set-ups they go more than a year without cleaning, a clear indication that they do not catch small particles. The 20 and 30 ppi sponges would do a good job of picking up detritus that escapes the 10 ppi foam. Hope this helps. PS, i know you want to try the socks, which work well for saltwater, but I tried them and ended up using 10 ppi foam in it's place, less maintenance and foam has a lot more biological capacity than socks.
It's pretty impossible to over flood from the sump as long as the out let hose is located right using a overflow box as you have the only thing is water evaporation too watch out for just a heads up
Yes! I have an ATO but I don’t think I can use it in this system. Evaporation is one drawback to sumps
@@BenOchart I'm currently making a few changes to my set up im going too rehome the tiger oscar and get a lemon oscar with as little black pattern as possible and I'm going too add either a Cichlasoma festae or the mesohero festae but currently leaning towards the mesohero festea. This will create some fantastic colours to the aquarium
Cant wait to see this set Up!
Why not drill a hole in the return just above the waterline? That way it won't block and you have no back syphon.
Thought about it but I already had this from a project I started back in Calif
Very interesting I’ve never made or used a sump before. One question i have is why a 29g for the sump? Isn’t that kind of small for a 210g tank? I think I would have used a 40g or 55g. I know you are also using an FX6 so it should be fine.
Ben, could I email you a video of my stock and get some recommendations on some possible new additions?
My wife and I love your stuff. Thanks!
Yes. Send to ben.o.cichlid@gmail.com
Hey Ben. Awesome video! Where did you get the hangers for your socks?
On-line, eBay and Amazon have them. I got 4” wide and use 14” socks
Been taking journey with im in middle setting my 300 up no sum yet thow going run 5 fx6 till I get more knowledge on sump
5 FX-6s is a ton of water turnover. You’ll appreciate the reduced maintenance time when you switch over to a sump.
Using a jubilee clip on a reducing fitting gives me the willies. It’ll leak at some point…
Reducing fitting?
@@BenOchart My error, it's not a reducing one, it's just to grip the pipe but I've always ended up with leaks if I've used them over a push in fitting for soft tubing.
Ben your aquarium did not sit directly over the table. What you have between the aquarium and the aquarium stand?
I’m not sure what you are referring to? Aquarium is seated entirely on the stand with an aquarium pad between the aquarium and the stand.