You can't do a thread on the world's most overkill turtle tank without going into the filtration. Where's the overflow go? Is there a sump or something?
The pics really don't do this tank justice, in addition to it's fantastic stand the dimensions really make it. I know that sounds funny but there's a balance to it. Looking at the column in the center and the shelf to the top left with so much open space for swimming, it's hard to put in words. It really draws you in. I'm really not a turtle fan but I stood there staring at it for quite a bit of time. This tank is really something else and it shows that a lot of thought went into the design and planning of it.
I also like the use of Live Rock for the column and it seems the turtles do as well. It's fun to watch them poke their heads out of the crevices in the rock.
Fred is trying to embarrass me now. He wants me to show off my disaster of a basement.
Ken... I'm really bad.
Aaron, TY
Kris, I really like Russ' idea. It's killing me. I'll let you know. This is what I get for building without asking if I'm overlooking something first.
Pic 1 & 2 feeding time. Never feed turtles in their tank, too messy. Put them in separate bins so you can also see how much they eat. Keep them there until they crap.
Pic 3, main system pump. Sequence Tarpoon. Awesome pump. If I knew this pump was this good, I would have used this instead of a hammerhead. Fairly quiet for what it is capable of. running at 125 watts. The Ehiem cannister filter you see on the right is a 2215. Filled with carbon. At 15 watts, it's worth running.
Pics 4, 5 and 6 are my DIY low pressure beckett skimmer, which is really being used more as an ozone reactor. You can see by the size of the bubbles that my SG is way too low for a skimmer to be effective, but ozone is keeping my ORP over 375. It is being ran off of a 38 watt aquabee. The Tarpoon has enough power that I may take the aquabee off and tee in the main pump instead. I also think I can achieve the same air draw with a venturi than I do with the beckett, but my mods to the beckett allow less clogging and maintenance.
7 is the ozone system.
8 is the whole sump. Probably very familiar to you guys. It really killed me when I modified it for my current purposes. Reminded me of all the work I initially put into it and how it eventually led to the failure of my reef system. The Dialyseas is still in service. It has little resale value, so for the money I spent, it was worth it for me to continue using it here rather than taking the small offers I got for it. So, yes... my turtle tank has a Dialysis machine running on it.
I know a lot of members are looking at this wondering what it has to do with reefing, but 1) these are salt water turtles and 2)this is a DIY thread. Everything shown can be applied to a reef tank.
