I had a 200 gal Saltwater tank.
I made an overflow that had about 2-3 1" tubing that drained to my to my basement.
From the basement I did all the filteration, areation, heating, bifiltering, skimming etc.
The water from the upstairs tank drained into 2 PVC tubs that held about 30 gallons each. Each tub was plumbed to each other. From there I ran the tank water over Bio media with air pumping through the bio media. I had a huge Protein skimmer that cleaned the water in the tubs and submersible heaters.
From there I had I think it was, a little giant saltwater tank that pumped about 800 gallons per hour. The return went into the upstairs tank via a 1" tubing and with a 90 degree elbow spliiled into the tank. the tank was fitting with a fairly tight glass with just one end open for the overflow, tubing etc.
It was quite quiet.
A freshwater tank would be even easier to set up.
I made an overflow that had about 2-3 1" tubing that drained to my to my basement.
From the basement I did all the filteration, areation, heating, bifiltering, skimming etc.
The water from the upstairs tank drained into 2 PVC tubs that held about 30 gallons each. Each tub was plumbed to each other. From there I ran the tank water over Bio media with air pumping through the bio media. I had a huge Protein skimmer that cleaned the water in the tubs and submersible heaters.
From there I had I think it was, a little giant saltwater tank that pumped about 800 gallons per hour. The return went into the upstairs tank via a 1" tubing and with a 90 degree elbow spliiled into the tank. the tank was fitting with a fairly tight glass with just one end open for the overflow, tubing etc.
It was quite quiet.
A freshwater tank would be even easier to set up.