Plumbing set ups for Seahorse tank!!

ducklabdad · 11/24/2008, 12:16 PM

I would love to see different plumbing set up photos or diagrams for how different people have there Seahorse tanks plumbed!!

Links are great as well.

Cosed loop, hang on back, with skimmer and without!

With canister filters!With sumps! big and small.

Planning my first Seahorse tank for a pair of Reidi or erectus and looking at all options. Show me your pic's to help me make the right choice!!

Thanks,

pledosophy · 11/24/2008, 04:27 PM

I have a few.

Back of tank.

Spraybars in place that get fed by the closed loop

Same desgn with simpler spraybars, FTS

Back of 65g

Spraybars in tank

An older tank with refugium next to tank on stand. The display was a 44g

HTH

Any questions in particular?

ducklabdad · 11/24/2008, 05:24 PM

Thats what I was talking about!! Thanks for posting!!

What pump is that on your closed loop?

I notice in the picture of your older tank that you were running a fluval canister filter, but are not on the other tank.

What media did you run at that time and what do you suggest?

Please others post there shots as well!!

pledosophy · 11/24/2008, 05:54 PM

I used the Loud as Heck One 4000 on the 65g, and the Loud as Heck One on the 30g. I replaced the Loud as Heck one on the 30g with some generic pump, still not happy going to replace that with an oceanrunner next. I still have the Loud as Heck One on the reef, plan to switch that out with a Dart one of these days. The noise doesn't bother me as much there as it does in the bedroom tank.

Note, Loud As Heck One pumps are also sold under the name, Quiet One Pumps. I think it is a packaging error.

I used to run cannister filters, I no longer do. The 30g tank has no filtration outside of the refugium and the macro in the display. No media, no skimmer, nothing.

My reef now has a skimmer, and a refugium, nothing else.

I used the cannister as a preilter for the 18w UV you see next to it in the photo. I ran denitrate, chemipure, phosban, and carbon in it.

HTH

ducklabdad · 11/24/2008, 07:54 PM

Well I know I do not want a "Loud as heck pump" on my set up as it is going in the Bedroom.

I thought that was the pump you were using and glad you let me know as it was one I was considering.

pledosophy · 11/25/2008, 03:11 AM

For a bedroom tank I would go with an eheim for the return and an ocean runner for the closed loop. SilenX fans are the bomb there too. Stockman style overflow.

My tank is three feet from my pillow. I'm a freak about noise, it's kind of a bad thing. My bedroom tank is silent. When I switched from the Maxijet return pump to the eheim, I actually woke up and thought the power was out and the tank was off, it is that quiet. Freaked me out at first, but it is such a good thing.

I got some moonlights from Leng so now if I wake up I can see that faint blue and now the power is still on.

PAULNOTB · 11/25/2008, 11:25 AM

quiet one pumps also have a nasty habit of not restarting. Ehiem are much better.

ducklabdad · 11/27/2008, 10:23 PM

Has anyone used any other relatively small volume pumps that can be run externally that are also really quiet!! I think for part of my voulume that I do want to run a closed loop.

pledosophy · 11/27/2008, 11:22 PM

I have used Maxijets and eheims with success.

11/24/2008, 12:16 PM	#1
ducklabdad Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: olive branch mississippi Posts: 1,192	Plumbing set ups for Seahorse tank!! I would love to see different plumbing set up photos or diagrams for how different people have there Seahorse tanks plumbed!! Links are great as well. Cosed loop, hang on back, with skimmer and without! With canister filters!With sumps! big and small. Planning my first Seahorse tank for a pair of Reidi or erectus and looking at all options. Show me your pic's to help me make the right choice!! Thanks, __________________ I'M innocent! Please don't call the Tang Police!! Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef ("growing daily"). 5.5 gallon El Salvador Pico, 30 sea horse under way!!

11/24/2008, 04:27 PM	#2
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	I have a few. Back of tank. Spraybars in place that get fed by the closed loop Same desgn with simpler spraybars, FTS Back of 65g Spraybars in tank An older tank with refugium next to tank on stand. The display was a 44g HTH Any questions in particular? __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT

11/24/2008, 05:24 PM	#3
ducklabdad Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: olive branch mississippi Posts: 1,192	Thats what I was talking about!! Thanks for posting!! What pump is that on your closed loop? I notice in the picture of your older tank that you were running a fluval canister filter, but are not on the other tank. What media did you run at that time and what do you suggest? Please others post there shots as well!! __________________ I'M innocent! Please don't call the Tang Police!! Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef ("growing daily"). 5.5 gallon El Salvador Pico, 30 sea horse under way!!

11/24/2008, 05:54 PM	#4
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	I used the Loud as Heck One 4000 on the 65g, and the Loud as Heck One on the 30g. I replaced the Loud as Heck one on the 30g with some generic pump, still not happy going to replace that with an oceanrunner next. I still have the Loud as Heck One on the reef, plan to switch that out with a Dart one of these days. The noise doesn't bother me as much there as it does in the bedroom tank. Note, Loud As Heck One pumps are also sold under the name, Quiet One Pumps. I think it is a packaging error. I used to run cannister filters, I no longer do. The 30g tank has no filtration outside of the refugium and the macro in the display. No media, no skimmer, nothing. My reef now has a skimmer, and a refugium, nothing else. I used the cannister as a preilter for the 18w UV you see next to it in the photo. I ran denitrate, chemipure, phosban, and carbon in it. HTH __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT

11/24/2008, 07:54 PM	#5
ducklabdad Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: olive branch mississippi Posts: 1,192	Well I know I do not want a "Loud as heck pump" on my set up as it is going in the Bedroom. I thought that was the pump you were using and glad you let me know as it was one I was considering. __________________ I'M innocent! Please don't call the Tang Police!! Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef ("growing daily"). 5.5 gallon El Salvador Pico, 30 sea horse under way!!

11/25/2008, 03:11 AM	#6
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	For a bedroom tank I would go with an eheim for the return and an ocean runner for the closed loop. SilenX fans are the bomb there too. Stockman style overflow. My tank is three feet from my pillow. I'm a freak about noise, it's kind of a bad thing. My bedroom tank is silent. When I switched from the Maxijet return pump to the eheim, I actually woke up and thought the power was out and the tank was off, it is that quiet. Freaked me out at first, but it is such a good thing. I got some moonlights from Leng so now if I wake up I can see that faint blue and now the power is still on. __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT

11/25/2008, 11:25 AM	#7
PAULNOTB Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 46	quiet one pumps also have a nasty habit of not restarting. Ehiem are much better.

11/27/2008, 10:23 PM	#8
ducklabdad Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: olive branch mississippi Posts: 1,192	Has anyone used any other relatively small volume pumps that can be run externally that are also really quiet!! I think for part of my voulume that I do want to run a closed loop. __________________ I'M innocent! Please don't call the Tang Police!! Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef ("growing daily"). 5.5 gallon El Salvador Pico, 30 sea horse under way!!

11/27/2008, 11:22 PM	#9
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	I have used Maxijets and eheims with success. __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT