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    Setting up a 3*2*2 feet tank

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    Hey everyone, after missing for a long time (was busy with work and life), I'm back to harass you people with more questions.

    Long story short, my new house will be ready by Q4 of 2019, and I am being allocated a space for my 3 x 2 x 2 feet tank and I'm wondering how should i do the setup?

    Planning to grab a chiller without a canister, filter planning to go with UGF.

    Fauna: CRS and/or RCS.

    Need advise to see if it is possible to hook a IOS tank directly to a chiller without the messy pipes running around?

    Any pictures of current setup for reference would be nice


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    Re: Setting up a 3*2*2 feet tank

    322 sounds like a very big bungalow for the shrimps.

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    Re: Setting up a 3*2*2 feet tank

    Quote Originally Posted by gimhchng View Post
    322 sounds like a very big bungalow for the shrimps.

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    it was meant to be so, the height, is for additional water buffer to prevent fluctuation

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    Re: Setting up a 3*2*2 feet tank

    How does this work UGF? IOS?

    Underflow from the UGF goes into the IOS compartment?

    Will there be an overflow?
    Suckerfish no eat poo poo.

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    Re: Setting up a 3*2*2 feet tank

    How does this work UGF? IOS?

    Underflow from the UGF goes into the IOS compartment?

    Will there be an overflow?
    Suckerfish no eat poo poo.

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    Re: Setting up a 3*2*2 feet tank

    Wow... Shrimps in IOS tank! Bold project

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    Re: Setting up a 3*2*2 feet tank

    The idea i had in mind is half bare bottom tank, the other half will be partitioned and filled with soil and UGF. the UGF will go into a canister which ends up in chiller and back to tank.

    Soil bed - Filter media - UGF

    The IOS will tentatively have smaller intake grates - wool - Filter media - aeration (and a pump to chiller) + outflow back to tank.

    While it's a weird idea, but my goal is to have:
    - a bare bottom base,
    - some soil for buffer
    - some sort of connection to chiller
    - a surface skimmer
    - Minimal hose running around (more hose = more leak potential)

    Still brainstorming for ideas to have all those


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    Re: Setting up a 3*2*2 feet tank

    A tank with a EOS filter would do the trick.
    The underflow with gravel plate will address the UGF.
    Overflow will take care of the skimmer.
    You can do all sort of stuff with a sump filter.
    Plumb the pump into the chiller then return back to the tank.
    Everything hidden in the cabinet.
    Suckerfish no eat poo poo.

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    Re: Setting up a 3*2*2 feet tank

    Quote Originally Posted by bryan View Post
    A tank with a EOS filter would do the trick.
    The underflow with gravel plate will address the UGF.
    Overflow will take care of the skimmer.
    You can do all sort of stuff with a sump filter.
    Plumb the pump into the chiller then return back to the tank.
    Everything hidden in the cabinet.
    That's a very good idea! why didn't i think of external overflow? Silly me, with that and a sump, i believe i can utilise the entire 3*2*2 display with minimal equipment in the tank, on top of adding a chiller which solves my problem of unsightly hose as well!


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