Tell me about your FW setups...

[ScoobityDoobity]

OOOO this new forum makes the so happy. Thanks everyone for deciding to add it!!!

My setup is a 46 bowfront RR with 20 gallon sump. I'm running it just like my reef. No artificial filtration, except carbon in a bag.

I added silty mud and plants from the lake to the sump to see if it works like the reef LS. and so far everything loks good. For the substrate in the main tank I use the lava rock from Lowe's. I thought it was pretty and at $4.00 a bag nicely priced!!! Also the porous rock helps with housing bacteria and critters. The same as LR in the reef does.

My lights are the Repti-sun UVB bulb, a Sun-Glo bulb and a smaller baskin light in a seperate fixture.
Over the sump I run my Freshwater PC's that I won from a club meeting at Aquarium Showcase in ATL. ( I knew sooner or later I would have a use for those things!!)

My water is pumped by a MAG 5.

THe cool thing about it being reef ready is that I was able to cut the overflow tube down to the level I wanted the water to stay.

So far my turtles are very happy, along with their platy, crawfish, and snail friends.

[salt creepette]

ok heres mine!

http://www.fishregistry.net/registryitem.asp?ID=208

i run hang on filter and undergravel filter run by two maxijet 400's. i seem to gravitate toward bottom feeders, they are just the most interesting fish! I do love my one open water swimmer, the pineapple swordtail though! i tried to keep the green swords but they went carpet surfing back in virginia. oh well.

[Casey]

Ok guys heres my 30 gal gonna be African Cichlids

[alaskaknucklehead]

Here are my FW tanks:
The top is my 40gal four foot discus tank with 2 discus 2 german blue rams 1 sailfin pleco and 5 neon tetras
the bottom is a 15 tall with 1 panchax rainbow 1 neon goraumi 1 sunset goraumi 1 dwarf pleco and my wifes little guppy

Both tanks have HOB filters and contain both live and artificial plants.

[Casey]

Ah Adam sweet tanks,I hate to ask this but what is a hob filter?

[Stang69]

hob = Hang on back

[alaskaknucklehead]

Thanks Casey, that means alot comin from someone with reefs like yours!!

[Casey]

Ok thats what I thought I guess im a HOB man then

[alaskaknucklehead]

Im thinkin after seeing the results of a skimmer on my reef adding one to my discus tank, what do you guys think about FW skimming??

[Casey]

Humm I dont think it would skim never thought of it before.

[Stang69]

I honestly dont think it will work in fw. The bubbles in fw will not be as fine as in sw and prolly will not make a foam. but Im not shure


Jeff

[alaskaknucklehead]

but how bout with messy feeders like my buddies 10 inch tiger oscar?? Doesnt the foam we skim come from undesolved protiens?

[salt creepette]

HOB=hang on (the) back (all of us sumpless people have hob equipment!)

[alaskaknucklehead]

Salt, someday Im gonna have a sump until then its just HOB's for me's

[chrisf9801]

Great thread!

I have a 150 AGA
I run a Magnum 305 Delux, just the canister and a FilStar XP3.
I also use a Lifgusrd Fluidized Bed filter and a UV Sterilizer.

Yeah, it's alot of filtration for a 150 but I have a larg Pleco that seems to put out more than he eats!!

I house 4 Oscars, 3 Red and an Albino Red.
1 Yellow-Orange Severum
! Bala Shark
2 Jack Dempseys
1 green Terror
1 Blue Eye'd Texas Cichlid
1 Upside down Cat

The tank has three large pieces of driftwood and plent of silk plants. I also added a few rocks in there too.