After 8 year of having saltwater tanks, I unfortunately don't have the time required to mainting them as i would like. Therefor I'm in the process of converting my 2 current tanks to freshwater. One will become a mbuna tank and the other a hap/peacock tank.
I was wondering if I can use some of my saltwater equipement for freshwater. I couldn't find clear answers on internet, so i hope i can find them here.
Both tanks are identical 170x40x60cm (67"x16"x24") with a overflow going to a 55L sump and a 55L refugium.
I have the following equipement:
Light:
Ati Sirius LEDs --> can i use them for FW?
Maxspect Celestial Leds spotlight --> can i use them for FW?
Maxspect Razor for the refugium --> is there use for a refugium in FW? If yes, what to put in?
Pumps and filters:
Red dragon mini 3500L return pump --> guess i can just keep them
Bubble King Mini skimmers --> obviously useless in FW
Nero 5 adjustable powerheads --> Is there a use for powerheads in FW africans tank?
Tunze 6040 powerheads --> same question
Vertex media reactors --> does media reactor work in FW? GFO/carbon/zeolite?
Clarisea Rollermat filter 20 micron --> Can i keep this for FW?
Controllers:
Apex classic --> does anyone here uses apex on FW?
Tunze osmolator ATO --> guess i can just keep them
Dastaco calcium reactor --> obviously useless
Dosing pumps --> is there anything that needs to be dosed in FW malawi tanks?
Eheim Jager heaters --> guess i can just keep them
Can i re-use this equipement? And what do i need to get extra?
The water would flow from my overflow to my Clariseas rollermat and from there to the sump. I would put alot biological media and filter pats in the sump. From there the return pump pumps it partly into the refugium and back into the display. The overflow of the refugium is plumbed back into the sump.
All the pvc plumbing has several gatevalves to control the flow everywhere.
Is this enough? Or should i add extra canister filters?
I would like to build the system so that the require as least amounts of water changes as possible. Since there is no watertap nor drain close to the aquarium, I would like to minimize waterchanges as much as possible.
Hope to find some answers here.
I was wondering if I can use some of my saltwater equipement for freshwater. I couldn't find clear answers on internet, so i hope i can find them here.
Both tanks are identical 170x40x60cm (67"x16"x24") with a overflow going to a 55L sump and a 55L refugium.
I have the following equipement:
Light:
Ati Sirius LEDs --> can i use them for FW?
Maxspect Celestial Leds spotlight --> can i use them for FW?
Maxspect Razor for the refugium --> is there use for a refugium in FW? If yes, what to put in?
Pumps and filters:
Red dragon mini 3500L return pump --> guess i can just keep them
Bubble King Mini skimmers --> obviously useless in FW
Nero 5 adjustable powerheads --> Is there a use for powerheads in FW africans tank?
Tunze 6040 powerheads --> same question
Vertex media reactors --> does media reactor work in FW? GFO/carbon/zeolite?
Clarisea Rollermat filter 20 micron --> Can i keep this for FW?
Controllers:
Apex classic --> does anyone here uses apex on FW?
Tunze osmolator ATO --> guess i can just keep them
Dastaco calcium reactor --> obviously useless
Dosing pumps --> is there anything that needs to be dosed in FW malawi tanks?
Eheim Jager heaters --> guess i can just keep them
Can i re-use this equipement? And what do i need to get extra?
The water would flow from my overflow to my Clariseas rollermat and from there to the sump. I would put alot biological media and filter pats in the sump. From there the return pump pumps it partly into the refugium and back into the display. The overflow of the refugium is plumbed back into the sump.
All the pvc plumbing has several gatevalves to control the flow everywhere.
Is this enough? Or should i add extra canister filters?
I would like to build the system so that the require as least amounts of water changes as possible. Since there is no watertap nor drain close to the aquarium, I would like to minimize waterchanges as much as possible.
Hope to find some answers here.