Hi All,
I recently ot my hands on an old 200g tank which I got as a present from a friend who kept it in his basement full with water for more tha 5 years, changing the water frequently so as the silicon welding does not dry. After a lot of cleaning on the tank (no detergent will be used just hot preassure water and scraping) I want to use it to make my first reef. I have been involved into fish keeping before, with live plants but nothing of this scale and of course never before a reef tank.
As far as the reef establishment is concerned I have read a lot on the net and books and I pretty much know how to go forward. My question is how to take advantage of te large overflow side that this tank has so as to make a filter without having to buy a ready made or custom filter. A carricature of the tank can be seen in the picture.
L=1.6m
W=60cm
H=80cm
I recently ot my hands on an old 200g tank which I got as a present from a friend who kept it in his basement full with water for more tha 5 years, changing the water frequently so as the silicon welding does not dry. After a lot of cleaning on the tank (no detergent will be used just hot preassure water and scraping) I want to use it to make my first reef. I have been involved into fish keeping before, with live plants but nothing of this scale and of course never before a reef tank.
As far as the reef establishment is concerned I have read a lot on the net and books and I pretty much know how to go forward. My question is how to take advantage of te large overflow side that this tank has so as to make a filter without having to buy a ready made or custom filter. A carricature of the tank can be seen in the picture.
L=1.6m
W=60cm
H=80cm
