Renton's Evolution from 200 to 440 gallons

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8 years ago when I got my last tank and my mermaid was a guppy, and the little shrimp was 2 months away from being born:

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and Today:

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I am using these strainers on the closed loop drains to try and keep fish and other critters from getting sucked down. I am stuffing them with this course mesh and using zip ties to keep the mesh from getting sucked into the pump. We will see how that goes.

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I am using these strainers on the closed loop drains to try and keep fish and other critters from getting sucked down. I am stuffing them with this course mesh and using zip ties to keep the mesh from getting sucked into the pump. We will see how that goes.

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You'll have to make sure they're easy to clean as I can see them getting clogged pretty easily and that would be a disaster
 
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You'll have to make sure they're easy to clean as I can see them getting clogged pretty easily and that would be a disaster

I planned on making them easy to clean. They are threaded on loosely so I unscrew them easily, cut the ties and clean/replace the mesh, the use new zip ties. The rockscape was made to leave easy access to the strainers.
 
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Yep, that big ones quite a tank, very nice. Can't imagine how long it takes to fill from a 1/4" tube.

I will let you know how long it takes to fill the whole system, lol. Probably going to be around 600ish gallons of water.
 
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VCA Random Flow Generators will be on the returns. They are nice in that they have no moving parts.

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I had enough water to get the closed loops running. Still playing with the settings but I kind of like the closed loop gyre option at the moment.

 

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