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Posted	Central System
09-08-2007 12:06 by mwilde	Does anyone know where i can get some information on setting up some tanks on a central system? Initially i want to get 6 ten gallong tanks. I was going to get filters for each, and heaters. Just wondered would it be better / cheaper to do a central system. To be honest i dont even know what a central system is, is it what i need....???
09-08-2007 15:18 by telboy	give ste a pm im sure he'll be glad to help ya mate
10-08-2007 17:16 by Ed	Just gravity feed each tank from the main one i done this with 9 tanks very easy,
10-08-2007 18:41 by mwilde	Ed What do you mean - the main one. Please can you give me some more information. What im thinking is betting my tanks drilled on the front, 3 quaters of the way down. Connecting pipe work down to the floor, out the wall and into the grid. As for the top up, i am thinking get a central heating header tank, run water into that. Have a heater in it, and a air stone - to get rid of the chlorine. The somehow top the tanks up with that. However how would i do this automatically or at least with a coupleof flicks of taps etc.
10-08-2007 18:42 by mwilde	Sorry for the bad spelling and typos. Im very tired at the moment. Im sure you understand what i meant.
10-08-2007 18:45 by mwilde	Or do i put the holes at the top, and then when the new water goes in the tank, it overflows. Like chens http://www.chensdiscus.co.uk/wp-content/0501007.jpg
10-08-2007 23:58 by Ste	Yes drill the holes at the top and let the tanks overflow . get youself an ocean runner pump or a halea 7000 . make sure you use rigid pipe at least 25mm flow pipe and no less than 32mm drain . if you need to know anything else send me a pm and i will return my mobile number . Ive got loads of stuff left over if you need anything.
11-08-2007 00:07 by Ste	after reading your question again i would say the pumps i recomended are to big. consider how high you want to pump the water and how many times an hour you want to turn the water over, then decide on a pump . i think a new jet 3000 would be enough yes i would go for a sump or central filter . its not hard to do . i have a 550 gallon marine system running on a central filter that is out in the back garden .
11-08-2007 09:10 by mwilde	So basically i put the holes in the top. They over flow down the pipe work into the sump. The sump filters and heats the water and then pumps it back up to the tanks again. Okay ... i understand the getting the water down. What size pipe work do i use to pump it back up. Do i pump it to each tank? What about new fresh water?
11-08-2007 09:11 by mwilde	Instead of a sump what about a good external filter? Or is a sump best?
11-08-2007 21:26 by Ste	Its up too you but a sump is easier . the flow pipe should be half the size of the drain pipe. that way you wont be in a position where you pump more than you can drain . I used a three section sump for tropicals . used sponge for my mechanical filtration and bio tubes and balls for my biological . in the first section,second section was used for heating and finally the last section for pumping . you could put a uv in the flow pipe to reduce parasites and any other little nastys . it would also prevent green water as it globulises algae so that the filter can trap it.
11-08-2007 21:33 by Ste	Sorry . you can T off into each tank or you can start at the top and the let water ruinn through each tank until it gets to the bottom . Personally i would go for each tank independant . so that you can isolate that tank if you have a problem. its as easy as turning a valve thats it. you will need some sort of flow regulator to even the flow out between each tank .
11-08-2007 23:54 by mwilde	Thank you Ste You have been a great help. Where is the best place to buy the pipe work from? And what size pipe work are we talking please?
12-08-2007 13:58 by Ste	As you not looking at filling to many tanks i would use 16mm hose for the inlets and 32mm rigid on the return . Eheim do 16mm T peices and Taps which are available from most lfs's . you can get your rigid pipe and fittings from these people..make sure you get the right size to suit the od on the 32mm bulk heads. http://www.fishfurfeather.com/
12-08-2007 14:01 by Ste	Sorry i meant to say the right size hole drilled the tanks , for the bulk head fittings . i think its about 40mm or something , it tells you on the website i have listed previously
12-08-2007 15:44 by mwilde	Thanks Ste WOW - arnt they expensive http://www.fishfurfeather.com/fff-bulkhead-fittings-40mm-p-3438.html £11 for the bulkhead. I want 15 tanks . Can you ge them from normal plumbing shops?
12-08-2007 15:52 by mwilde	Can i use something like this http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=101311&ts=30291&id=11877# And use some silicone
12-08-2007 16:31 by Ste	Yeah thats fine , but make sure you use aquariam silicone as all the others are full of toxins that might be poisonous for fish. I have a few of those connectors already attached to pipes , i also have eheim T's and taps if you are interested . i am based in banbury where abouts are you?
12-08-2007 16:34 by mwilde	Manchester

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