Magantea
In Memoriam
I deleted the other album on accident, and had the photos backed up. I wanted to post the build again, and give feedback about high flow through the sump (pros & cons) as well as through the system with multiple anemones. I originally intended to use a mag 18 & 24, but reconsidered after I saw the flow through the sump was bypassing my bubble trap and going directly over the tallest baffle and into the return section. So I'm gonna stay with a mag 18 & 950. After selling my last tank, I put some anemones in the sump while waiting on my next tank to go up. I had one MJ 1200 running. The problem was that the sump had three sections, and this was not enough flow to keep my cheato alive or provide sufficient oxygenation/ aeration for the anemones. So I put a mag 950 in one section and another MJ 1200 in the other section. The water in the sump was moving through the entire thing, and the anemones started looking better. So I added a few more MJ 1200's. This made the water extremely violent up top, but down below it wasn't as strong. I noticed the anemones started to do very well, specifically the Gigantea and Maganifica. However, I had a huge problem arise that almost killed them all and later contributed to the death of two Gigantea I believe. Heat was the problem and I should have know better adding that many pumps. I wasn't thinking about it though. I was more intrigued with the water flow. It was then that I realized I wanted to experiment with a higher flow/ GPH through the next system. I bought a 180/G. It was already drilled, but I drilled it again for a external overflow. Durso standpipes have never been my favorite. They're harder for me to work on. It's hard to clean inside the overflow boxes, and hard to get to the bulkheads underneath. The 180/G crashed and burned when I tried to block stack it to put it on the stand. My buddies were going to help the next day, but I figured I could do it myself and then get some plumbing done that night. Bad idea. Well now I have a 220/G. I'm not a fan of 30" tall aquariums, but having the extra water volume attracted me to the buy. I'm hoping that after adding multiple Nems, the extra volume will prevent allelopathy between different species and sub species. Here's some pictures of the 180/G to the 220/G build.
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