Wondering why you put your fresh water drip emitter in the return baffle of the sump right next to the waste water drain. Wouldn’t that cause a higher percent of the brand new water to go straight down the drain, as opposed to putting the emitter in the main tank or at least earlier in the sump?
Just stumbled across your videos and love them! Glad that you have almost a hundred or so for my viewing pleasure and to catch up on. Been in the hobby for about 30 years but still consider myself a novice and still trial and error. Love your narrative voice and lacking any arrogant nature. Your very layman explanation on diy is very encouraging for me to attempt some of your projects like your sump and especially your drip system. Never having to do water changes is the holy grail for me. Looking forward to your next and future videos!
Thanks Ron for the kind words and your support! Glad there are people out there enjoying my videos and hopefully I am helping Sam to start projects of these of their own! I have a major change coming to the 300 gallon tank and some that will be posted within the next couple of days. Really excited about this one!
The drip system just seems like something dreams are made of. So much better for the fish to constantly have a basically clean source of water and less work for you. Just awesome man.
Just an awesome setup! Does the drip system replenish the tank at the same 1 Gal/hr rate that the system is removing? Where is the water source delivering the water from and where does the water exiting the tank get delivered?
Thank you. Yes, as water drips in the system, the same amount drips out via a pvc pipe in the return section. That pip is connected to one of the house waste lines in the basement below. All gravity fed. The drip water comes in from the basement below and is filtered through a 3 part filter consisting of a sediment filter followed by two different micron carbon filters. There is a drip emitter to control the flow.
@@Jetblink619 I have the exact 300g tank being built for my home. I would like to replicate your engine room for my setup. Any chance I could get details related to all your sump components so that I could source and purchase all the necessary equipment required? Thanks again for the videos; super thoughtful setup! Best I’ve ever seen.
@@Ray-br1qh thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it very much. I do have a handful of videos that talks about all the equipment on my tank, not sure if you have seen them all? Maybe I can put together a video with a list of all of the parts on that set up.
What an awesome set up mate, can I ask please, what is the background in the tank? Is that something that can be purchased? Also what gravel are you using? I love how it all brings out the colour in the fish on the dark background, well done.
I do not add any additives to my water. I do test a couple times a month, but water is so stable I usually don’t worry about it. System has been running with the constant drip for about a year now, no manual water changes since. Excellent water quality.
How many grams of food per day can you feed to get nitrates of zero (which is amazing)? Also, what percent protein in the food and how many gallons in the tank, sump and plant area? Do you have an auto feeder when you're away? I'm trying to solve this whole nitrate thing myself (so this will help me).
I have a constant drip/auto water change system on my tank so it is constantly doing a slow water change so this is how I achieve little to no nitrates. I feed them roughly 2 tablespoons of pellet food per day
I love what you do and your videos. I was curious if you have done a lot of trial and error with getting the selection and amount of fish in your tank? I have the worst luck with having fish getting bullied. I want to have a heavily stocked tank. Right now my fish all mostly hide. There is five fish in a 125gallon..I have a mix of peacocks.
Meet The Cichlids Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it! I have been doing African cichlids for almost 30 years now so over the years there has been a lot of trial and error to figure out what works, or works for me. This time last year I had roughly 70 fish in my 300 gallon tank. I unfortunately had a nasty bacterial/parasite infection in the tank that came in on a new batch of fish that weren’t quarantined (shame on me). The more fish in the tank the better in my experience, it definitely lowers the aggression level. Personally if I had a 125 gallon tank I would have at least 20 to 30 fish in there. I always over filtrate my tanks. I could easily have 100 fish in this tank and not be an issue whatsoever with the system I am running. As long as you have the proper filtration I’d say go for it and add some more!
It’s such a struggle to add a fish and they do not fit in. Hopefully I will figure out a good combination one day. I’ve read to avoid similar colorations and females.. I notice you have multiples of the same fish. Now I’m starting to think it all just depends on the individual fishes personality.
Meet The Cichlids it does indeed revolve around each personality for sure. I have two yellow labs in here, and two blue regals, all the rest are different types of peacocks and haps. When adding new fish to my display tanks, I always add at LEAST three fish. It lessens aggression and causes confusion to the existing tank members so there is no bullying on just one new fish. That’s what works for me.
OneMoreFish! I recently got a separate tank for my peacocks and haps. A have a separate mbuna tank. But I’m still having so much trouble getting fish to blend in the peacock tank. All my fish seem to fight... I got six fish from my lfs yesterday with an attempt to overstock, well two died during the night. We removed one aggressor. But there are multiple.
Meet The Cichlids Add fish with lights off during the day. I usually keep the lights off for 2 days when adding new fish, keeps the stress down. Also I feed the tank before/while putting new fish in.
This is a three stage filter I purchased off of eBay consisting of a sediment filter and two carbon block filter’s. I use it for my constant drip system on the automatic water change.
Thanks for all the info
Wondering why you put your fresh water drip emitter in the return baffle of the sump right next to the waste water drain. Wouldn’t that cause a higher percent of the brand new water to go straight down the drain, as opposed to putting the emitter in the main tank or at least earlier in the sump?
Just stumbled across your videos and love them! Glad that you have almost a hundred or so for my viewing pleasure and to catch up on. Been in the hobby for about 30 years but still consider myself a novice and still trial and error. Love your narrative voice and lacking any arrogant nature. Your very layman explanation on diy is very encouraging for me to attempt some of your projects like your sump and especially your drip system. Never having to do water changes is the holy grail for me. Looking forward to your next and future videos!
Thanks Ron for the kind words and your support! Glad there are people out there enjoying my videos and hopefully I am helping Sam to start projects of these of their own! I have a major change coming to the 300 gallon tank and some that will be posted within the next couple of days. Really excited about this one!
Are you saying that pothos cut your nitrates in half?
Very nice
Very kool ... keep it up
The drip system just seems like something dreams are made of. So much better for the fish to constantly have a basically clean source of water and less work for you. Just awesome man.
FloodXL
It is definitely a game changer for sure! 👍
Just an awesome setup! Does the drip system replenish the tank at the same 1 Gal/hr rate that the system is removing? Where is the water source delivering the water from and where does the water exiting the tank get delivered?
Thank you. Yes, as water drips in the system, the same amount drips out via a pvc pipe in the return section. That pip is connected to one of the house waste lines in the basement below. All gravity fed.
The drip water comes in from the basement below and is filtered through a 3 part filter consisting of a sediment filter followed by two different micron carbon filters. There is a drip emitter to control the flow.
@@Jetblink619 I have the exact 300g tank being built for my home. I would like to replicate your engine room for my setup. Any chance I could get details related to all your sump components so that I could source and purchase all the necessary equipment required? Thanks again for the videos; super thoughtful setup! Best I’ve ever seen.
@@Ray-br1qh thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it very much. I do have a handful of videos that talks about all the equipment on my tank, not sure if you have seen them all? Maybe I can put together a video with a list of all of the parts on that set up.
@@Jetblink619 Anything you can provide would be greatly appreciated. I may need to ask you a few questions throughout the process if you don’t mind.
Damn bro I didn't know you had a channel 😆😂
Yep, I’m here! Lol 😁
What an awesome set up mate, can I ask please, what is the background in the tank? Is that something that can be purchased? Also what gravel are you using? I love how it all brings out the colour in the fish on the dark background, well done.
dosent the salt and minerals get diluted with addition of new filtered water...do you add those?...do you do any regular water tests?
I do not add any additives to my water. I do test a couple times a month, but water is so stable I usually don’t worry about it. System has been running with the constant drip for about a year now, no manual water changes since. Excellent water quality.
Really nice setup!! How to do you manage the ph or do you get hard water at your place?
My PH is around 7.5, I just leave it as is. I do not do buffering of any sort or chase PH on any of my tanks 👍
How many grams of food per day can you feed to get nitrates of zero (which is amazing)? Also, what percent protein in the food and how many gallons in the tank, sump and plant area? Do you have an auto feeder when you're away? I'm trying to solve this whole nitrate thing myself (so this will help me).
I have a constant drip/auto water change system on my tank so it is constantly doing a slow water change so this is how I achieve little to no nitrates. I feed them roughly 2 tablespoons of pellet food per day
@@Jetblink619 Thank you.
I love what you do and your videos. I was curious if you have done a lot of trial and error with getting the selection and amount of fish in your tank? I have the worst luck with having fish getting bullied. I want to have a heavily stocked tank. Right now my fish all mostly hide. There is five fish in a 125gallon..I have a mix of peacocks.
Meet The Cichlids Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it! I have been doing African cichlids for almost 30 years now so over the years there has been a lot of trial and error to figure out what works, or works for me. This time last year I had roughly 70 fish in my 300 gallon tank. I unfortunately had a nasty bacterial/parasite infection in the tank that came in on a new batch of fish that weren’t quarantined (shame on me). The more fish in the tank the better in my experience, it definitely lowers the aggression level. Personally if I had a 125 gallon tank I would have at least 20 to 30 fish in there. I always over filtrate my tanks. I could easily have 100 fish in this tank and not be an issue whatsoever with the system I am running. As long as you have the proper filtration I’d say go for it and add some more!
It’s such a struggle to add a fish and they do not fit in. Hopefully I will figure out a good combination one day. I’ve read to avoid similar colorations and females.. I notice you have multiples of the same fish. Now I’m starting to think it all just depends on the individual fishes personality.
Meet The Cichlids it does indeed revolve around each personality for sure. I have two yellow labs in here, and two blue regals, all the rest are different types of peacocks and haps.
When adding new fish to my display tanks, I always add at LEAST three fish. It lessens aggression and causes confusion to the existing tank members so there is no bullying on just one new fish. That’s what works for me.
OneMoreFish! I recently got a separate tank for my peacocks and haps. A have a separate mbuna tank. But I’m still having so much trouble getting fish to blend in the peacock tank. All my fish seem to fight... I got six fish from my lfs yesterday with an attempt to overstock, well two died during the night. We removed one aggressor. But there are multiple.
Meet The Cichlids
Add fish with lights off during the day. I usually keep the lights off for 2 days when adding new fish, keeps the stress down. Also I feed the tank before/while putting new fish in.
Hi, can you give me information on your 3 stage filters, I like to set up the same filter system, thanks.
This is a three stage filter I purchased off of eBay consisting of a sediment filter and two carbon block filter’s. I use it for my constant drip system on the automatic water change.
Thanks so much, any brand information please.
@@scottyuytfaaaqq4726 honestly I don’t recall who makes this one, if you search on ebay they will pop up and there should be plenty to chose from 👍
Thanks so much, I have chloramine in my tap water, will this filters system work?
Do you still treat your tap water?
@@scottyuytfaaaqq4726 yes this system removes chlorine and chloromines