Can I plumb 2 FTs together?

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Dangerous Dave wrote:

would be the same solids that would have been mixed up in a combined tank anyway.

Fair enough.

I guess it's just the thought of needlessly dumping waste into a tank that causes me to think about alternative ways to sort this.

DrAbrahm wrote:

I'm designing a system for my basement, and originally I was going to have a 300 gallon ft using a SLO to a media based gb overflowing to a dwc gb overflowing to a sump and back to my ft. However, I've run into an issue where I can't fit a 300 gallon ft down into my basement. Is it possible to have 2 150 gallon tanks plumbed together and have a SLO in both of them flowing to the media based gb? Or would that even work? :dontknow:

Please let us know what route you decided to go, concerning this little endeavor.

DrAbrahm

I don't think it would be that big of a deal either since they'll all end up in the same place anyways...my media filled GB. So question #2 any recommendations for fish tanks? Id like a rounded container but if I have to I'll just use two 150 Rubbermaid stock tanks.

Yavimaya

there isnt a problem SLOing from one tank to the other, i used to have tanks setup like this.

however you really need to make sure you have SLOs that are efficient, i had 0 solids in my round tanks, etc.

if stocking density is fairly high, then the hardier fish should be in tank 2.

e.g. i stocked trout in tank 1, goldfish in tank 2.

my stocking density was never high though.

DrAbrahm

I'm back after all this time. Moving homes, switching careers, and starting college put a hold on all my plans, but I'm finally starting back up. I scrapped the two tank idea and built a 6ftx3ftx3ft tank in my basement. Have yet to build the grow beds and get everything setup though. Better late than never right?

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