I have been trying to get the confidence to do a sump for so long everyone’s tutorial videos sound complicated you made this so simple and minimum I understood everything you did. Thank you
My sumps are not used for filtration in these systems . If you are using the sump for filtration you want different sections so your bio media doesn’t get clogged with detritus.
@@paulstingray looking forward to watching the journey, on a side note I recently got a albino hemibagrus nemerus catfish hes in with my motoro stingray how have your experiences been with yours? As on a previous video I think one of yours got hit by the ray?
Hemi cats are nasty as! As long as the catty doesn’t damage the ray you should be fine. My cats are forever trying to kill each other over territory. Eventually I’ll have to move them into something huge to reduce the aggression. I’ve had one cat stabbed by a ray in a pool and the smaller male cat in a vid last week has a healed stab hole. They tend to not know when to stop lol
@@paulstingrayfrom what Ive read they are very territorial to there own species , well not all news can be good as they say 😂 hopefully they are okay 👍 If not I spose I gotta buy another tank 🤣 no complaints there , cheers for the reply mate much appreciated
They should be fine together But don’t get anymore hemi cats unless you go crazy My seven just cope, if I had less they would rip each other to shreds and 9x4 is not enough floor space for seven.
The pump is a Nyos Viper 5.0/1000-5000L/H so it’s a big pump in a tiny case but the idea of this system is to drip the water not have a lot of flow. I might use a vectra m2 in the next system as it’s going to be high flow. The pleco caves seem kinda cool and a new design so I’ve ordered a heap to try and sell
Just a suggestion so you don't have the filtered water just goes to the sump again extend the inflow to the bottom of the tank, filtered water goes down and it's drained from the top, a sponge might be a good idea for some crazy fish doesn't decide to live in the sump. By the way the waterfall noise is relaxing so they say ;)
I’ll definitely add a pipe to the water coming into the tanks, good idea! . A sponge might clog and overflow the tanks so I’ll work on some sort of grill so fish don’t jump into the overflow. I’m going to add a pipe in the sump to reduce the toilet sounds 😂😂😂
It’s a Nyos viper but I’m upgrading to Dalua Great white pumps as they are lower wattage and fully adjustable I sell both 🎉🎉 But most aquarium shops should stock them
Thanks! I just discovered your channel and loving the knowledge you share. I am heading your way at the end of July and I will definitely stop to check out your shop :)
I think I go though it a few times in some of my fish room vids but there’s 100 ways to do the plumbing so if you got any questions, just ask on any of the videos and I can get back to you.
I’ve had zero issues over the last year with NO3 it’s been running fully stocked since this vid. And in the last few months I’ve had hundreds of fry growing up in this system. I’ve only now moved most of the fry out and have split the Lnos up. There’s not really anywhere for detritus to build up. All I’ve done is siphon around 10% of the water each week or so but that also works with my bigger tank systems. Seems to be a happy balance. I’ve never been a fan of massive water changes and I’ve successfully kept a huge range of fish since the 1980s including quite a few fish that were over 20 years old now.
@@paulstingray that’s awesome! Thanks for the reply and info. I have a couple cichlid tanks and I’m always doing massive water changes (I think I overfeed though lol). I’ve always wondered if breeders did huge changes like I do. That’s a good point about the tanks being bare that you can easily siphon detritus. I want to breed a few African cichlids some day, but def not quite ready.
@zachhoward1473 i’ve always found that large water changes actually destroy a lot of the nitrifying bacteria in the media. Even though you don’t disturb the filtration. all the new water going through the filters does damage a fair bit of it and that’s why you get huge discussions on the Internet for pro and against water changes and all sorts of stuff.
Great layout Paul! Very jealous, 12 2 foot tanks are so exciting! Looking forward to seeing what fish you breed in them! How are you? Been a while! Keep it up mate! 👍
You can setup a sump supercheap. Use a second hand tank or even a big tub and a cheap eBay pump. Drilling your own holes costs under $10 and you can use irrigation line for overflow pipes and stuff like that relatively cheap or a lot cheaper than what I’ve used.
Howdy I’m using Seachem replenish to get to the TDS I want. My tap water is also super hard and alkaline so I can also do a mix with declorinated tap but there’s a lot of other rubbish in it as well
@@paulstingray ok, what do you do about the kh, or does the replenish impact that as well? Also would you then say it is more important to focus on tds rather than a certain GH? I'm currently on rain water (all I have atm) and I've been using seachem equilibrium (to boost gh), and these shells that are about nail size to boost kh and buffer ph.
It will depend if Rainwater is from a tank or the sky with what the TDS will be. So it would be better to test the GH and KH as TDS will pick up organics in rain tank water
@cliftonmartinez9621 ah i’ve added a mesh adapter on each overflow check out my last updated video on the system posted a couple of days ago and it’ll show
Im SOOOO scared of my RO water. I bought it cause everyone uses it for breeding. I slow drip acclimate my fish, same temp, lower PH (7.4 -> ~6.6) the KH is 12drops so 200ppm (if i did this right) and TDS to 10 from 240. I have lost 8 tetra trying to fix everything at every loss. Its only my RO i dont have this issue with Tap/dechlorinated. not sure what else to check. Any help from anyone. Fish after about 10-30mins fast breath and just float sometimes twitching. I manage to recover and save the last pair and at this point i wont use my RO till i work it out. my google search's are POINTLESS im getting noone with the same issues ever :(
The pH drop from 7.4 to 6.6 is way too much for most species. Ideally you don’t want to jump anymore than 0.1 a day. RO should also be close to 0TDS and you need to add a buffer to increase the hardness a little otherwise the pH drop and lack of any minerals will be almost impossible for bacteria/ fish to survive. Did you add the fish to a new tank of RO? Or did you add RO to your established tank?
And what did you add to the RO? Any buffers etc? I’d say it’s just shock going from the water they are in into the RO if they started to die after an hr it so
@@paulstingray I just watched kfs breed tetras and tried to copy, my bad 😪 what should I add and if I do will it raise the pH? Thank you for answering Paul I was getting nowhere, I know your busy with the shop RUclips and wicked fish room....oh and benji
Just remember to not jump the fish into the RO You can put your tank water into the new tank then slowly add RO water each day making sure the pH and GH doesn’t jump to much. They would be the easy way without stressing your fish in your smaller tank. Otherwise there’s quite a few mineral supplements you can use to slightly raise the GH ( brands depends on where you live)
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I have been trying to get the confidence to do a sump for so long everyone’s tutorial videos sound complicated you made this so simple and minimum I understood everything you did. Thank you
It’s super easy and the great part is you can modify the sump any way you want. Any questions just ask
@@paulstingray I noticed you don’t have different levels in your sump is it ok to just let it run through all the media without separating
My sumps are not used for filtration in these systems . If you are using the sump for filtration you want different sections so your bio media doesn’t get clogged with detritus.
Not going to lie, I was holding my breath when you flicked that switch!
Anyway, for some reason I now need to go to the bathroom.
😂😂😂😂😂 so good!
Great job! Can’t wait to see them full of fish! I’m making a few caves while watching this! ❤️🇦🇺
There’s some new Australian ones about to hit the market
Hopefully they are as good as they look!
Won’t be as good as mine 😛
😂😂👻
So much hard work. Looks great! Looking forward to updates.
It’s fun so not really hard work 😂😂
It will be great to breed lots of cool fish again!
You put a lot of time in what you do that's why it looks so professional good luck paul shall see you soon takecare🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
You've got quite the fish room mate great job!
Thanks! It should be awesome once I get a few things upgraded!
@@paulstingray looking forward to watching the journey, on a side note I recently got a albino hemibagrus nemerus catfish hes in with my motoro stingray how have your experiences been with yours? As on a previous video I think one of yours got hit by the ray?
Hemi cats are nasty as!
As long as the catty doesn’t damage the ray you should be fine. My cats are forever trying to kill each other over territory. Eventually I’ll have to move them into something huge to reduce the aggression.
I’ve had one cat stabbed by a ray in a pool and the smaller male cat in a vid last week has a healed stab hole. They tend to not know when to stop lol
@@paulstingrayfrom what Ive read they are very territorial to there own species , well not all news can be good as they say 😂 hopefully they are okay 👍 If not I spose I gotta buy another tank 🤣 no complaints there , cheers for the reply mate much appreciated
They should be fine together
But don’t get anymore hemi cats unless you go crazy
My seven just cope, if I had less they would rip each other to shreds and 9x4 is not enough floor space for seven.
So awesome Mr plumber looks great paul🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Let me fix your pipes 👻
Ah ah Ah all cool bro 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍👍👍👍
Toot toot!
Where is this at Paul? Looks great!! 🐠🐡🪠🚽🧻
This 🚽 is at home 👻😂😂
Well done! That's a lot of work to set up. It will keep you busy. Good Luck. 🐡
Woof 😄
Great video, cant wait to see more
Thanks
I’m keen to do lots more!
Looks great, well done!
Thanx 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Definitely want to see the product review on the new caves for the plecos!
I cant help but feel that pump is a bit too small.
The pump is a Nyos Viper 5.0/1000-5000L/H so it’s a big pump in a tiny case but the idea of this system is to drip the water not have a lot of flow. I might use a vectra m2 in the next system as it’s going to be high flow.
The pleco caves seem kinda cool and a new design so I’ve ordered a heap to try and sell
Awesome clip
🎉🎉🎉🎉
So awesome! What a epic fish room - good on you. Got some sort of water change system?
I have a big drum with RO as my tap water is rubbish
Eventually I’ll set up a auto system
read the thumbnail in the Borat voice. also grats!
I typed it in the Borat voice 😂😂😂
Just a suggestion so you don't have the filtered water just goes to the sump again extend the inflow to the bottom of the tank, filtered water goes down and it's drained from the top, a sponge might be a good idea for some crazy fish doesn't decide to live in the sump. By the way the waterfall noise is relaxing so they say ;)
I’ll definitely add a pipe to the water coming into the tanks, good idea! . A sponge might clog and overflow the tanks so I’ll work on some sort of grill so fish don’t jump into the overflow.
I’m going to add a pipe in the sump to reduce the toilet sounds 😂😂😂
Absolutely love this! My dream haha. What little pump are you using and where did you get it from?
It’s a Nyos viper but I’m upgrading to Dalua Great white pumps as they are lower wattage and fully adjustable
I sell both 🎉🎉
But most aquarium shops should stock them
Thanks! I just discovered your channel and loving the knowledge you share. I am heading your way at the end of July and I will definitely stop to check out your shop :)
Lovely 🎉🎉🎉
Where do you ordered the strainers and couplings ?
Can’t see. Options here in Florida
Unfortunately it would cost too much for me to post to America. Australia is just too far away. Hopefully you find somewhere close by that sells them.
Great job!!👏👏👏
Woof! Thanks tiger!
@@paulstingray 🐅
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@@paulstingray 🎃🦍
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Thats awesome, i need to build something like that…. Eventually 😂
Yas you do! 😂😂😂
Maybe my next fishroom build i will look at doing it
Where did you get all of your fittings from? Bulkheads etc
I sell the bulkheads
Pipes and fittings are from “the irrigation shop.com “
Love your laugh, lol, can u provide a link for this battery air pump pls?
They be are hailea battery pumps. Depending on where you live most shops should be able to get them in
Very nice!
I’m vaguely happy with it 😂😂
Although going to make the next one a bit different
Great job 👍✌️🤘
Thanx
Did u make a video on how to do the plumbing
I think I go though it a few times in some of my fish room vids but there’s 100 ways to do the plumbing so if you got any questions, just ask on any of the videos and I can get back to you.
Oh it’s a year later!
😮😮😮
I’m curious how you will deal with nitrates once you have fish in all those tanks? Are you doing massive water changes, or do you have another plan?
I’ve had zero issues over the last year with NO3 it’s been running fully stocked since this vid. And in the last few months I’ve had hundreds of fry growing up in this system. I’ve only now moved most of the fry out and have split the Lnos up.
There’s not really anywhere for detritus to build up. All I’ve done is siphon around 10% of the water each week or so but that also works with my bigger tank systems. Seems to be a happy balance. I’ve never been a fan of massive water changes and I’ve successfully kept a huge range of fish since the 1980s including quite a few fish that were over 20 years old now.
@@paulstingray that’s awesome! Thanks for the reply and info. I have a couple cichlid tanks and I’m always doing massive water changes (I think I overfeed though lol). I’ve always wondered if breeders did huge changes like I do. That’s a good point about the tanks being bare that you can easily siphon detritus. I want to breed a few African cichlids some day, but def not quite ready.
@zachhoward1473 i’ve always found that large water changes actually destroy a lot of the nitrifying bacteria in the media. Even though you don’t disturb the filtration. all the new water going through the filters does damage a fair bit of it and that’s why you get huge discussions on the Internet for pro and against water changes and all sorts of stuff.
Great layout Paul! Very jealous, 12 2 foot tanks are so exciting! Looking forward to seeing what fish you breed in them! How are you? Been a while! Keep it up mate! 👍
Haha it will be fun!
It’s mostly for the Lno plecos I already have and sone cool new tetras etc
It’s almost full as I’m using 90% bloody RO water 😂😂
this is my dream setup. I'm most likely not gonna use a sump just sponge filters because im broke.
You can setup a sump supercheap. Use a second hand tank or even a big tub and a cheap eBay pump. Drilling your own holes costs under $10 and you can use irrigation line for overflow pipes and stuff like that relatively cheap or a lot cheaper than what I’ve used.
What size tanks are they? The smaller rack tanks
They are 2 x 1 foot
Hey, how are you going about altering the ro water?
Howdy
I’m using Seachem replenish to get to the TDS I want. My tap water is also super hard and alkaline so I can also do a mix with declorinated tap but there’s a lot of other rubbish in it as well
@@paulstingray ok, what do you do about the kh, or does the replenish impact that as well? Also would you then say it is more important to focus on tds rather than a certain GH? I'm currently on rain water (all I have atm) and I've been using seachem equilibrium (to boost gh), and these shells that are about nail size to boost kh and buffer ph.
Use Seachem alkaline buffer to raise KH
It will depend if Rainwater is from a tank or the sky with what the TDS will be. So it would be better to test the GH and KH as TDS will pick up organics in rain tank water
@@paulstingray alrighty, I appreciate all the feedback. Thanks and keep up the good work 👍
lol that intro got me 😂😂😂
🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂
How do you keep fish from getting sucked into the return
The pump or overflows?
I'm sorry but I mean babies and the overflow
@cliftonmartinez9621 ah i’ve added a mesh adapter on each overflow check out my last updated video on the system posted a couple of days ago and it’ll show
Great setup... I went for a piss three times in the space of the video 😳🤷♂️...
😂😂😂😂
Im SOOOO scared of my RO water. I bought it cause everyone uses it for breeding. I slow drip acclimate my fish, same temp, lower PH (7.4 -> ~6.6) the KH is 12drops so 200ppm (if i did this right) and TDS to 10 from 240. I have lost 8 tetra trying to fix everything at every loss. Its only my RO i dont have this issue with Tap/dechlorinated. not sure what else to check. Any help from anyone. Fish after about 10-30mins fast breath and just float sometimes twitching. I manage to recover and save the last pair and at this point i wont use my RO till i work it out. my google search's are POINTLESS im getting noone with the same issues ever :(
The pH drop from 7.4 to 6.6 is way too much for most species. Ideally you don’t want to jump anymore than 0.1 a day.
RO should also be close to 0TDS and you need to add a buffer to increase the hardness a little otherwise the pH drop and lack of any minerals will be almost impossible for bacteria/ fish to survive.
Did you add the fish to a new tank of RO? Or did you add RO to your established tank?
@@paulstingray new ro to a 20l tank sometimes a small container for a night.
And what did you add to the RO? Any buffers etc?
I’d say it’s just shock going from the water they are in into the RO if they started to die after an hr it so
@@paulstingray I just watched kfs breed tetras and tried to copy, my bad 😪 what should I add and if I do will it raise the pH? Thank you for answering Paul I was getting nowhere, I know your busy with the shop RUclips and wicked fish room....oh and benji
Just remember to not jump the fish into the RO
You can put your tank water into the new tank then slowly add RO water each day making sure the pH and GH doesn’t jump to much. They would be the easy way without stressing your fish in your smaller tank. Otherwise there’s quite a few mineral supplements you can use to slightly raise the GH ( brands depends on where you live)
Getting into breeding i always feel central systems arent healthy.
How would you keep diseases or parasites to getting to all tanks?
it’s not great for mixed species or fish that haven’t been quarantined first.but it works great otherwise