• Need help with the proper distribution of equipment in Samp.

  • Ricardo7341

I ask for help with the proper distribution of equipment in the aquarium sump. I want to add plants (chaetomorpha and caulerpa) and coral gravel.

Jade

Are there partitions in the samp?

Melissa3820

No, the two aquariums are connected by two tubes, two communicating vessels. Water flows into the left aquarium from the overflow.

Emily

With this system, it's hard to give any advice. If you don't install partitions, then put foam, crumb, and heteromorph in the left one, and a return pump in the right one.

Devon107

Should the aquamedic boxes containing bacteria be moved to the right side?

Debra

But there is nowhere else. But I have never dealt with these boxes.

Amber6362

How should I arrange the grass and coral crumbs then? I need to make sure the grass doesn't clog the pumps with its growth.

Hannah

only bio balls in the boxes

Angela7060

Sanya, I looked closely and didn't understand anything... well, I got the main idea - no details. - I would remove all the bio-balls - leave just one cassette, but fill it with the media from our J.K. (live rocks) (I'll show you where to get it) - it will free up space for lighting and a cooler - specifically a cooler - you can use a HETAMORPH too - but they won't coexist together. - About the foam filter - friends - can anyone give advice if someone has used it - Sanya can't find the adjustments for it - that's why the foam isn't reaching the cup in full form - maybe you can play with the pump's immersion level? Have you tried???

Karen2578

I also thought about filling the 4 aquariums with something more useful instead of bio balls. But it's still unclear if the balls can be removed; the lids of the jars seem to be sealed, and I haven't been able to get them out. You can't play around with the pump level because, in my case, the pump is directly connected to the foam filter, and I didn't inherit the connecting tube from it. Plus, you can't lift the pump along with the foam filter due to height limitations.

Nicole2404

Foam separator "Tornado" Aquarium Systems Sea Clone SCP150, 1100 l/h, up to 600 liters

Susan9583

Those tapes...

David

What's the point of filling the jars with stone if my entire aquarium is literally filled with stone? Maybe I should pour in large gravel (pieces of coral) and fine shells instead, creating a sort of anaerobic filter?

Jennifer

Why can't Caulerpa and Chetomorpha coexist? Or will it be ineffective?

Ross

The most rational thing is to throw out everything except the foam filter and the return. There’s no need to sprinkle any crumbs anywhere, especially if there are a lot of stones. In the aquarium where the water drains from the main aquarium, place the foam filter, and in the other one, attach a partition, with chaetomorpha on one side and the return on the other.

Brian6895

The piles are not there for nothing - it's a drain, and if it gets clogged with detritus, the water will splash everywhere but inside. That's why you need live rocks (J.K.) and you can't have too many - if you take some where I tell you and the size of a gingerbread and lay them out like a chessboard, there will be so many creatures that the sea urchin will get eaten. One type will survive, the other - if they are too close to each other - also get some miracle mud (I'll tell you where) and lay it down, then put large sand (from Monastery Beach) on top, stick in the caulerpa, and turn off the sea urchin after a week (just kidding).

Jesse3979

They have slightly different living conditions. In particular, the chetamorph likes bright light.

Charles4157

As I understand it, Aquamedic developed 4 flasks with balls for anaerobic bacteria to live in, and can cheatomorpha replace them? And will it be more effective than using a sump with balls?

Dana6523

One complements the other - this is how the Miracle Mud System Eco System of Leng Shi works. That's it - I'm wrapping up with the bio-reef, soon they'll come and criticize again - I sent you the address in a private message.

Mitchell3177

You can take the easy way or the hard way. I've already written how to do it easily. I don't feel like explaining and writing a lot. This has been discussed on the forum more than once... read it. Aquamedic developed these bottles twenty years ago, and the approaches were a bit different back then. I have about 20 bactoballs lying on the shelf myself...

Wesley

In 4 flasks with bio balls, water is supplied from a pump located in the right aquarium, and the drain flows into one black flask that is shorter in height, which contains a sponge.

Katie4842

The foam is adjusted by the air supply (very fine adjustment and slightly delayed). We have nozzles for the pump, and the tube is included only if the foam separator hangs on the edge of the aquarium or sump. If the depth in the sump is large, then naturally less air is supplied, so in this case, the foam separator needs to be raised higher along with the pump (if possible).

Stefanie9771

It won't be possible to lift the foam, it's tall and there's almost no space between it and the top of the stand. It pushes out white foam and dirt is hardly noticeable; in the first few days after I set it up, I pulled out about 50 grams of black dirt and that's it. There's nothing at the end of the air intake tube. Can you tell me what attachments you have for the pump? Yesterday, a rust-like coating appeared on the sand and rocks in the middle of the aquarium.

Randall7906

I think it's easier to order a new samp than to fix this one.

Karen1649

Remove the middle partition and place a stand in front. Make the samp the full width of the cabinet.

Joshua9847

Unfortunately, it's just not realistic to fit another tank; the maximum you can do is insert dividers into it. The stand holds about 700-800 kg, and it was made for an aquarium.

Jason9952

if the middle partition is removed, the cabinet will not withstand such weight 100%

Bridget

If you put a metal support in front, it will hold.

Joseph

It's a normal setup - Sanya, and say that it's all about moving from Kyiv with all the water-sand-LR (live rocks) and it all worked quite well - just modernize the bio-baskets for LR, make a mini DSB and a cooler. As for the skimmer, you see how M explained it - adjust it, and buy a nozzle if needed (any kind). You intuitively put the valve in the air position - and I told you, there should be maximum air.

Brian6895

The thing is, the aquarium is currently full of rocks and everything else; I set everything up extremely quickly to transfer the fish after transporting everything from Kyiv, but unfortunately, it was all in vain. The fish couldn't last more than six or seven hours...

Adam

I can't understand why a rusty film appeared on the sand and stones in the middle of the aquarium literally overnight. The most interesting thing is that the ammonia levels have decreased a bit, while the nitrites have increased slightly.

Joseph2576

How can I rationally use these 4 flasks? And what should I put in them? Just stones? Is gravel not needed? Or maybe I should put some plants in one of them? Also, I have a situation with the overflow in the aquarium where water, when draining into the shaft, hits the sponge of 30 cm, then the bio balls of 40 cm, and then drains into the sump into a plastic flask with a sponge of 30 cm, and then the water reaches the bottom. Is this correct?

David7773

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