Tank Turnover 900l

[adambrum]

Im still planning my big tank all 900L of it, I have a couple of question which i could use some advice .

1. Im thinking of turning the tankover at 4500ltp (5x) does that sound about right

2. Having 2 1.5" return pipes to sump and 2 3/4 pipes returning from 2 pumps.

3. having 12 gallon of bio-balls.

4. any ideas as to what size of heaters for this much water.

Well i think thats about it for now, but if anyone has done a 200 gallon cichlid tank any advice would be more than welcome.

Thanks.

 

[adambrum]

anyone ?

 

[jayjay]

1. yes that's fine.

2. not too sure

3. depends where they are positioned

4. aim for about 700w of heating I think.

One comment why not use a trickle tower?

 

[adambrum]

Thanks for that. Im changing the returns to 2 2" and i was thinking 4 200w heaters that way if 1 fails no problem and if 1 sticks no problem , I forgot to say its a trickle tower looks a bit like this , I have designed it and planning on building it myself.

Look ok to you lot ? Its rated at 300g

 

[jayjay]

Seems ok, what are the dimensions of it and how much of it will be out of the water? Also what sort of weir are you using?