The problem i had was the guy i got them from had moved house and did not have room in his new house. so we had to move tank and setup asap with as much of original water as possible. I am currently living in north wales

ok good points much appreciated. so what filteration setup would you reccomend? as i said earlier the whole setup is second hand (including the redtail) at the moment there is an s.h.p pump sucking 2100 uk gallons per hour into a huge bucket on top of the tank with 2 layers of different grade foam ...

yeah me too im interested in your filteration set up aswell

ok guys i've got the idea of an overflow now but surely when we are talkin about an 80cm redtail having the water removed from the top of the tank is no good surely it needs to taking it in from the bottom to remove waste.

so what would u suggest for the filter set up.

as all the equipment is second hand the filter at the moment is a huge bucket on top of the tank with a series of holes in the bottom. filled with various media and has a lotus 9500 pond pump pushing the water into the top of the bucket. works well but ...

how does an overflow box work?

ok i think i have got my head around the sump filter design.

1 thing i can't seem to work out is the safety feature in casr of power failure surely it will just empty my tank all over thr floor .

please enlighten me.

nice 1 thanx

i have a 36"x15"x12" spare tank that i would like to make a sump filter out of.
can it be done?
can anybody point me in the right direction of doing this.

any help or suggestions would be much appreciated

thanx

ok thanx guys

any suggestions on the filter?

tank size is as my previous post

is my tank size sufficient?

ok thanx m8

also he is housed in a 84"x26"x34" (2130x660x860mm) can anybody please tell me how to calculate the water volume. i think its about 250 gallons but not sure

hi guys
couple of quick questions.
I have just aquired a 80cm redtail. just wanted to know what sort of things you guys feed yours on.

also the filteration is by a very crude attempt at a trickle filter powered by a lotus 9500 pond pump (2100gallons p/h) i have a spare 25 gallon tankand id like to ...