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Paul_MTS
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48Uk gallons, 58 US gallons.Ethos said:
oh something else i was going to say..... even when i buy bulkheads new with the washers I always use plenty of silicone on the joint, it's not exactly I'm going to be taking it off in a hurry again!!
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It is indeed a modded durso (excuse the coke bottle top, I couldn't find an end cap in the shop so I improvised 
). If I'm honest I didn't worry too much about emptying the water. the glass filings are not in anyway sharp and are similar in size to the grains of silver sand I use for a substrate. Plus, being heavier than water they sank to the bottom and were duly covered by the sand as the bog wood went in. I probably woldn't be so flippant with a marine tank, but a small, dull (non-sharp) grain of an inert material shouldn't upset the tank.
I would happily swear by the durso. The only noise is a very gentle run of water running two inches from the weir to the level inside the weir. My durso on my big tank has a too much air getting into it so it sounds like a Feng Shui style indoor water feature, but is still very in-obtrusive.
The tank is 45 UK gallons (about 55 US) 4 ft long, 15 " front to back and a foot and a half tall. It is filtered by a Vecton UV8 steriliser (£40 second hand
) and a 12ish gallon sump (24" x 12" x 12") using bioballs for mechanical and alfagrog for biological. It's only real purpose in life is to hold all the "pretty" community fish we bought when starting out (and a coupld of new ones) to stop them getting eaten when all the predators grow larger in the main tank.
Thanks for looking peeps
BTW, here is an update shot of my bedside 7.5 gal tank I made myself.
Andy
). If I'm honest I didn't worry too much about emptying the water. the glass filings are not in anyway sharp and are similar in size to the grains of silver sand I use for a substrate. Plus, being heavier than water they sank to the bottom and were duly covered by the sand as the bog wood went in. I probably woldn't be so flippant with a marine tank, but a small, dull (non-sharp) grain of an inert material shouldn't upset the tank.I would happily swear by the durso. The only noise is a very gentle run of water running two inches from the weir to the level inside the weir. My durso on my big tank has a too much air getting into it so it sounds like a Feng Shui style indoor water feature, but is still very in-obtrusive.
The tank is 45 UK gallons (about 55 US) 4 ft long, 15 " front to back and a foot and a half tall. It is filtered by a Vecton UV8 steriliser (£40 second hand
) and a 12ish gallon sump (24" x 12" x 12") using bioballs for mechanical and alfagrog for biological. It's only real purpose in life is to hold all the "pretty" community fish we bought when starting out (and a coupld of new ones) to stop them getting eaten when all the predators grow larger in the main tank.Thanks for looking peeps
BTW, here is an update shot of my bedside 7.5 gal tank I made myself.
Andy
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ah ha, I'll be running my first durso on my marine when its going so will hopefully be silent being in my room!
not sure if you have a good source for your piep work but it's terrible round here so I found this place... http
/www.fishfurfeather.com/default.php?...8f0dc6130f6dfd8
everything you could need for setting up some pipework!!
Nice litle tank there, did you ever make a sump for 1 of your smaller tanks? drilling glass isn't too hard either!!
not sure if you have a good source for your piep work but it's terrible round here so I found this place... http
/www.fishfurfeather.com/default.php?...8f0dc6130f6dfd8 everything you could need for setting up some pipework!!
Nice litle tank there, did you ever make a sump for 1 of your smaller tanks? drilling glass isn't too hard either!!
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Yep, FFF was the source of my pipework for the big tank. However I found a groovy little shop with loads of pipework (and second hand bits and bobs - everything from tanks to skimmers to plug sockets) that was basically the same price once postage was included.Paul_MTS said:ah ha, I'll be running my first durso on my marine when its going so will hopefully be silent being in my room!
not sure if you have a good source for your piep work but it's terrible round here so I found this place... http
everything you could need for setting up some pipework!!
Nice litle tank there, did you ever make a sump for 1 of your smaller tanks? drilling glass isn't too hard either!!
I was vetoed on the small tank (it's the one in the picture) so instead I have a Fluval 104 on a 7.5 gallon. I mentioned it again but she said no again. I must admit that sumps do hamper the ability to grow flora as you lose a lot of the co2 - but I did buy a fish tank first and a plant tank second
You won't be dissapointed with your durso. I took mine off the 45 and it really did just sound like a toilet flushing. The diffrence is fantastic.
Andy
jimboliana
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Hope im not high jacking the thread but for fittings and fixings go to B&D plastics in stanway, (nr tollgate) nr colchester, i'll bet their beat all these lot on prices as these are where we get all our fittings from industiral style
industiral style
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I would, but being as it's an hour drive, the amount I'd spend in petrol would negate any savings. If I still lived up that end of the county then yes, but I'm not driving from Southend to Colchester just for some plastic pipe.
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