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6 Foot Malawi Tank Setup
By: freddie Date: April 15, 2015, 10:17 am
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After what seemed like an eternity of waiting, the new tank
arrived.
6x2x2 Cabinet tank with sump.
Tank was delivered and installed before lunch. Leaving me the
rest of the day to work on the setup.
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It's my first time using a sump filter but I've been doing
plenty of research over the past few weeks to see how it all
works and in which order the media should be arranged.
Decided to start off with bioballs in section 1. Seachem Matrix
in section 2 and Crushed coral in section 3. In a few weeks the
plan is to move the bioballs up into the overflow box and put K1
in section 1.
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First job of the day was to cover the base in egg crate to
distribute out the weight of the rocks which would be added and
to protect the glass from scratches.
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Spent a couple of hours washing the crushed coral substrate
before adding it and the 3 largest rocks into the tank.
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Filled up the tank using my DIY water changer. Nothing too
complicated, a filter intake and enough hose to reach to the tap
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Left the tank to run for 2 days with a couple of fish in there
to test the water.
Then siphoned out all of the crushed coral substrate from my 4
foot tank and moved it to the 6 foot. (Had to do a 50% water
change after that to clear up the water a bit. Next time I would
make sure all the sand is in the new tank before adding any
water).
Added the rest of the rocks to complete the hardscape.
Moved everything (media, sponges, polishing pads) from the FX5
filter I was using on the 4 foot tank into the new sump.
Final step was to net and move over the fish.
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A couple of new Haps added to the mix.
Fossorochromis Rostratus
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Buccochromis Lepturus
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Thanks for reading.
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Re: 6 Foot Malawi Tank Setup
By: littlebuddy Date: April 15, 2015, 5:14 pm
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Very nice setup I wish i had the space to do a 6 foot tank. I've
just got a 55 gallon
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Re: 6 Foot Malawi Tank Setup
By: PaulMartin61 Date: April 15, 2015, 5:38 pm
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Wow Freddie, that's a beautiful setup. I really like the grey
stand and canopy.
You didn't mention, and I'm sure you've got this covered,
however are you using filter floss or something before the
bioballs?
Thanks for sharing and please keep us up to date.
Paul
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Re: 6 Foot Malawi Tank Setup
By: freddie Date: April 15, 2015, 6:30 pm
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[quote author=PaulMartin61 link=topic=412.msg2198#msg2198
date=1429137489]
Wow Freddie, that's a beautiful setup. I really like the grey
stand and canopy.
You didn't mention, and I'm sure you've got this covered,
however are you using filter floss or something before the
bioballs?
Thanks for sharing and please keep us up to date.
Paul
[/quote]
Thanks for the comments.
Good point. Yeah I have plenty of filter wool and a blue filter
pad in the overflow before the bioballs. To stop all the crap
going in there.
Thanks.
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