karpomatic Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Hey everyone! I'm Karpomatic, from Southern New jersey, and I've been keeping freshwater aquariums off and on since I was 12 so... 33 years. It's my Uncle Paul's fault. he had a 29 gallon with Neons in the 1980s and all I would do is stare at it. Now, I'm in my 40s and have the space and funds to start a fish room and breed for profit. I've currently got a 220 gallon show tank with a an aluminum stand and canopy custom built by me and my father. It's filtered by a sump custom built by me. I've also got a 75 gallon mixed community that kinda serves as my quarantine tank for now. In the basement that's becoming my fish room, there's a 125 with a breeding pair of Uaru. I'm on my third successful spawning from them. Lastly, there's a 20 gallon holding fry from the last clutch that are already sold. I am now in the process of setting up a rack for breeding. It will have two 40 gallon breeders, two 20 gallon longs, and four 10 gallons. I may add more but that's just to get started. I'll be purchasing a linear piston pump to run all the sponge filters. Currently, I'm working on painting the backs and bottoms of the tanks black. I hope to have the rack running in about a month, time permitting. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Welcome to the forum! Those aquariums look great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Zenzo Posted January 26, 2022 Administrators Share Posted January 26, 2022 I like the plumbing for the sump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 welcome to the forum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGenusCaps Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Welcome to another large tank and sump aficionado. Great to have you here! That's one clean looking sump! I'm putting together a sump for my first big tank (~250 gallon; I have 75's and such but I can carry those around, so they aren't "big"), so I might have all sorts of questions for you, if you don't mind, or even if you do. 😜 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Welcome to the forum, sounds like you’ve got a great plan! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Welcome to the forum nice tanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Welcome, and beautiful tanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karpomatic Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/26/2022 at 6:00 PM, OnlyGenusCaps said: Welcome to another large tank and sump aficionado. Great to have you here! That's one clean looking sump! I'm putting together a sump for my first big tank (~250 gallon; I have 75's and such but I can carry those around, so they aren't "big"), so I might have all sorts of questions for you, if you don't mind, or even if you do. 😜 I'll answer what I can. I've originally bought a used 125 setup that had been a reef tank so it came with a sump. I used it for a few years but didn't think the design worked for my tank. So, I scoured the net for different designs and came up with one on my own. I built it in the summer of 2020. I'm going to post a thread here on the build. I had a link to it on another site but that's a no-no here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGenusCaps Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/27/2022 at 6:42 AM, karpomatic said: I'm going to post a thread here on the build. I look forward to reading it. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karpomatic Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/27/2022 at 8:37 AM, OnlyGenusCaps said: I look forward to reading it. Thanks! I just posted 3 threads under the journals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMiller2020 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Welcome to the group 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatFish Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Welcome to the forum! I love the look of the tanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BETTA999 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 welcome to the forum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Welcome to the forum, very nice tanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeJ Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Welcome - great pictures - and Like to hear how that Husky rack works out. I'll check out your YouTube Channel as well. George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Welcome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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