So my 185 runs 2fx6s an AC 110 and a huge sponge.
In the next year or two I am looking at something much larger in the 500-700 range.
I have 0 back ground with sumps and was wondering is something like a pond filter would work on a tank this size.
The vision would be set it up in a way that I could run the return into something like a PVC aquaponic system on a frame above the tank.
Those pipes would hold some porthos and be full of lava rock, my intent would be for it to act as a secondary filter.
I am not sure how I could make this work with flow rates, but the idea was the primary filter handles ammonia and nitrite and the return would handle nitrates.
I am looking at a foot print between 96x30 and 120x48 baring no major home repairs in the next year lol.
I have also though about trying to do a plywood build out with viewing window reinforced by fiver glass, which would cut costs drastically, but again no experience with it so, kind of afraid to try.
So, would something like this be possible assuming I am counting on some large air stones and powerheads for aeration and flow >?
In the next year or two I am looking at something much larger in the 500-700 range.
I have 0 back ground with sumps and was wondering is something like a pond filter would work on a tank this size.
The vision would be set it up in a way that I could run the return into something like a PVC aquaponic system on a frame above the tank.
Those pipes would hold some porthos and be full of lava rock, my intent would be for it to act as a secondary filter.
I am not sure how I could make this work with flow rates, but the idea was the primary filter handles ammonia and nitrite and the return would handle nitrates.
I am looking at a foot print between 96x30 and 120x48 baring no major home repairs in the next year lol.
I have also though about trying to do a plywood build out with viewing window reinforced by fiver glass, which would cut costs drastically, but again no experience with it so, kind of afraid to try.
So, would something like this be possible assuming I am counting on some large air stones and powerheads for aeration and flow >?