just got my new tank. any suggestions on set up and how much gravel will I need??
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Hi there. I think you are going to love you SeaClear aquarium. I put 25 lbs of substrate in mine and that seems to be plenty. More and you will have more problems keeping it clean. By the way, I just bought a Python water changer (on Amazon, look it up.) Now I can't imagine how I ever did without it! It makes weekly water changes a breeze. It may seem pricey if this is your first aquarium, but it's worth every penny. After you carry gallons of water back and forth for a few weeks, you'll see why. Aquariums are addictive and I now have a 50 gallon SeaClear and the 40 gallon. Would have more - even bigger - but I don't have the room! Good luck. Hi there. I think you are going to love you SeaClear aquarium. I put 25 lbs of substrate in mine and that seems to be plenty. More and you will have more problems keeping it clean. By the way, I just bought a Python water changer (on Amazon, look it up.) Now I can't imagine how I ever did without it! It makes weekly water changes a breeze. It may seem pricey if this is your first aquarium, but it's worth every penny. After you carry gallons of water back and forth for a few weeks, you'll see why. Aquariums are addictive and I now have a 50 gallon SeaClear and the 40 gallon. Would have more... » Read More Hi there. I think you are going to love you SeaClear aquarium. I put 25 lbs of substrate in mine and that seems to be plenty. More and you will have more problems keeping it clean. By the way, I just bought a Python water changer (on Amazon, look it up.) Now I can't imagine how I ever did without it! It makes weekly water changes a breeze. It may seem pricey if this is your first aquarium, but it's worth every penny. After you carry gallons of water back and forth for a few weeks, you'll see why. Aquariums are addictive and I now have a 50 gallon SeaClear and the 40 gallon. Would have more - even bigger - but I don't have the room! Good luck. « Show Less
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That certainly is an idea along with something I would consider using my own imagination. However if you trim it to shape. You would be removing the side wall from were you cut. This could affect the filtration through the gravel to the side only that's missing. If you can replace the sides think it would have kick but gravel filtration. Smaller surface area. Stronger flow. Keeps the crap from building up in the gravel. Cleaner tank
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I would not recommend pea gravel. Getting the sand to flow into all the crevices was hard enough. I imagine it would be far more difficult to get the pea gravel distributed properly.
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For tall tanks like yours, I would take the tube down to within three or four inches of the bottom if you can. This will give a better top to bottom turn over of the water. I agree that going to the bigger filter (#60) would be a good idea. It's hard to over filter a tank. If this will be the only system working, I would go to the #60 filter. If you are running an under gravel filter also, then the #40 will be fine.
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Depending on the size of your tank, the more circulation the better. I have a 60gal with a built in wet n dry sy1 (626) 915-3636stem. & I'm using the fluval 306 as 2nd filter. Got 4discus, 4angels, & 3silver dollar. 11 fishes doesn't seem much for 60gal. But the discus fishes are a good size. For what I have "YES" 2 filters works best & 10% water change every 3wks. Hope this helps u decide ?
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I have mine placed just above the gravel. You need to measure the temperature of the water, not the gravel. Note it can be placed horizontally or vertically, so either way it doesn't take up much space.
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I also have Bettas and this gravel is fine. It is bigger than regular gravel and it is not sharp. Just make sure to rinse it off before putting it into your tank. It is not the best gravel to use for rooted plants but you can get floating plants like hornwort, Cabomba, water lettuce, anacharis, or red root floater.
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This tank comes with a below gravel pump, but the outlet tube takes up a lot of the center of the tank. I thought it was kind of ugly, so I ditched it for a side-mounted filter. I'd recommend an internally-powered one, smallest you can find. They make ones which will fit the cutouts included in the tank lid.
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Hi, I agree with other comments. I would suggest that you would need to cover most of the base area in order to get adequate filtration circulation for the tank size.
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This is for salt water - I would not recommend you use it for freshwater. I used to have a freshwater tank and I loved using black substrate (check out Amano's tanks) for the best looking tank - and I found Seachem Black Flourite to be excellent: I would get a 20LB bag to start, you'll want more if you are going to have live plants (highly recommend doing that...anubias is one of the best)...have fun!
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I have a lot of coral & a salt tank. If you have a lot of rock work or reef Set up you might get stronger as I have 2 of these in a 40g! You don't want a stagnant areas so figure where you'll need to create movement thru your rocks or if just fish 2 might be enough!JM 2¢
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I would go something a little bigger with more surface area at the base. A 20-30 gallon aquarium would work well.
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A medium canister will work wonders for that size aquarium. I have a 75 gal and the med is perfect
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Yep, that's what I did. The filter tube took up too much of the tank for me. I removed the entire filter assembly (the below-gravel part, the middle tube) and just use a small side-mounted filter, which is more than sufficient.
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The only thing you will need is your small tank. I use the small one used for camping. I Love my purchase. It does the job.
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You'll need at least 2 medium size or better 2 large size stones. I have a 10 gallon tank and 1 medium size stone works fine.
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Hi Karol. I have a 75 gallon aquarium and a fluval 405 filter (you can see them on google or maybe ebay or amazon. I bought these tablets one time to try them. I like a different product a WHOLE lot better. After fighting my cloudy tank many times I use my tank's hose lines to clean the gravel just before I clean the whole filter box. Then I use a cleaner I get at Wal Mart. Jungle brand Clear Water. It works great. I love it and you can see results sometimes in a couple of hours. Try it you'll love it. Burr