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By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Hi Bob,
My name is Jarvis I live on the island of Mauritius ( Indian Ocean ).since long it was my dream to build a glass reef aquarium at a capacity of 100 gallons.While surfing on the internet I got many informations but the problem is what to choose, for example the filtration system . I would be grateful to you if you can advise me what is needed for a reef aquarium and where can I get a good drawing or plan of the installation ( i.e plumbings,pumps,etc.).Pls note that to get sea water,sand,corals ,fish etc is not a problem for me because I live not too far from the sea.
Thanks
Kind Regards
Jarvis.
Dear Jarvis,
Thanks for your letter and the where to begin overwhelms me! If you have all the needed info on building the glass aquarium and only filtration/plumbing are the remaining issues, I would recommend visiting my website at www.saltcorner.com and first opening the "Guest Articles" page. Read Sandbeds Part I & II, and the article by Julian Sprung. You may also want to read through a lot of the past email that is posted on the FQA page.
I think that will give you a broad view of biological filtration, and then visit my "Photo Gallery" page and view the systems shown there. You'll also find a history of each system and description of their pumps, etc., along with some photos of their filtration/plumbing system. This should help resolve most of your questions, and if not, contact me again and we'll discuss those.
Cheers,
Bob
