View Full Version : Current Solana Mods
jallard
09/18/2009, 05:29 PM
Just got in mt new tank and stand.... are there ant MUST DO mods. I havent really found any cool mods for this tank yet... any advice is appreciated
russell_wiley
09/18/2009, 05:52 PM
upgrade the skimmer & auto top off.
brainwashed
09/18/2009, 06:09 PM
For the skimmer I would put on a muffler. Makes the skimmer a lot quieter. Just take a pill bottle cut two holes in the top one with a piece of straw coming out the other with the intake for the air on the skimmer and some cotton balls inside of the pill bottle. Or just grab one off an old skimmer (what I did). I've been very happy with stock skimmer.
Remove the glass top that comes with it. Prevents heat exchange along with gas exchange (both are very important). I would look into getting some kind of netting for the top. I use egg crate around the edges (I lost a fish fast with the open top). Many plans and most likely better than eggcrate, but the eggcrate doesn't bother me.
Russel is right with the ATO, would be a nice upgrade to the system. The bottles are a pain to fill up (and you fill them up a lot). I fill up both bottles two times a day.
I've left everything except that muffler and the guard stock and I have been very happy. I do tend to clean sponges a few times during the week, but doesn't bother me. Some people change out the filters for some kind of batting or something, but cleaning them gives me something to do in the evenings.
jallard
09/21/2009, 09:43 PM
so the skimmer is loud?
murphreef
09/22/2009, 11:22 AM
deffinately auto top off my jbj works great and i keep a 3 gallon conatiner in the bottom stand with fresh ro water
do not use the glass top if you are using bright light like said previously heat buildup would be bad
i havent used the muffler on my stock skimmer but skimmer works good as is
get rid of all the bio-balls and all the filter pad medias as they get clogged fast and hold back water through the back chambers and can mess with your top off water since it will lower your back compartment actuating the top off and adding fresh water when not needed.
Instead what I do is throw a 1/2 bag of the chemipure elite into the back middle chamber one in the bottom and the other 1/2 on the top right where the skimmer overflows into the second chanmber... i just cut one bag in half and zip tie the cut ends since one bag is big and gets clogged as well backing up water...
other then those its a pretty easy going system.
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