Hey all!
I found a secondhand 110XH All-Glass aquarium for sale (friend of a friend of a relative...), and it seems like a pretty decent deal. However, I have a couple questions with which I'm hoping you guys can help me:
1) It comes with a 300
GPH sump filter. This doesn't seem like enough filtration to me...what do you think? If it's not, would I need to upgrade to a bigger fillter, or would adding a nice
HOB fillter (say, an Aquaclear 110) be sufficient? I'd rather over fillter a bit than under.
2) A 110HX tank apparently has the same footprint as a 75 gal, but is much taller. I'm not worried about workability (hey what are footstools for?), but I *am* worried about dead areas forming in the tank. I was planning on putting in air bubbles, but would powerheads be necessary as well? I don't really know much about them.
3) What's a good light source? I'm fine with
DIY as long as I can get instructions somewhere. The tank current just has a stock 48" light strip; I plan to switch it to planted down the line (would need a different filter first), but am thinking that the
WPG might not directly apply since it's sooo tall...that's a lot of water to filter through in relation to its footprint.
4) Due to the lower surface-to-volume ratio, I'm thinking when it's done it will be stocked with ~80" of low-med
bio-load fish, lots of plants,
driftwood, caves, etc (it's going to take a long long time to get to that point). Do you think that's too heavy of a bioload, or would it be possible to add a few more fish?
Other info: currently an (not too badly) overstocked cichlid tank, but I'm hoping to rehome most of them and populate it with a tropical community. Something like:
2 Angel
5 Kuhli Loach
6 Oto
15 Harlequin Rasabora
7 Neon Dwarf Rainbowfish
1 Bolivian Ram
Sorry so long...I'm hoping to go check out the tank this weekend so any help or suggestions of what to look for/ask will be much appreciated! Trying to not set myself up for failure here :-/