View Full Version : Has anyone tryed this type of tank?
a 200 gallon long custom to be about 12+ft long, then have powerheads on one side and pumps on the other pumping to the powerheads side. Creating a river with fast flowing water.
Grassguy
12-30-2003, 10:39 AM
No I haven't. What u gonna put in ur river?:confused:
SnakeIce
12-30-2003, 10:43 AM
I have seen drawings of some one elses river on a much smaller scale.. but not done it myself
that would only give you about 1 foot deep or so at a guess. (200g @ 12ft length)
my friend has a 250g that's 6 or 8 ft long and setup sort of like that. a much more efficient way to do it would be a sump system. you put a couple outlets on one end and a big pump in the sump pushing water in from the other end.........
what you're describing also has a top and a bottom current and in a shallow setup it probably would just make a mess. the top of the water would need to go one way and the bottom the exact opposite in a sort of "loop".
my suggestion would do what you want to do alot better i believe....
good luck
OrionGirl
12-30-2003, 10:53 AM
I've seen them smaller scale, and much larger (ie, true flow through, with about 1200 gallons total. I think you'd need to have quite a few powerheads along the sides, pointing 'downstream', as well. And of course, a few well placed rocks and wood to help create eddies, and pool flows as well.
i think my friends runs about 1,000 gph, and it sounds like it is a "flow-thru" type.
otherwise it seems like you're just creating an "eddy" with the layering of currents.
:confused:
/shrug just a idea not sure if ill ever do it, wana do dwarf puffer tank and pond in basement first :X
200gallon was just a guess, would rather have it be about 12x3x2, which is alot bigger then 200gallons.
a sump would be much ore efficient i agree
OrionGirl
12-30-2003, 11:52 AM
If it was me, I would build it to look like a stream--side views would be limited to pools and a few riffs, but mostly have top viewing areas. Actually construct a stream bed, with twists and turns and some angle, with a sump. Then you could pile the edges with bog plants, and have nifty pools, etc. Think it would be cool, and you could have areas where the riffs were only 1-2 inches deep, providing lots of surface agitation, and some limited moving of fish from pool to pool.
Grassguy
12-30-2003, 12:06 PM
You could evan have it run through your house from one room to the next. Put the filter at the end and pump the water back up to the top for the next run.:cool:
Captain Hook
12-30-2003, 2:11 PM
OG I like your idea but sounds like it would be difficult to set up. You could really have a realistic tank with that much room to work with.
jeffro426
12-30-2003, 6:35 PM
Hey orion Girl, i just noticed your from cheyenne too...recomend any good fish stores around here?
SnakeIce
12-30-2003, 7:40 PM
the diagrams I saw with the powerheads in the tank were attached to pipes with the intake at the other end of the tank
so with six to eight pipes running under the gravel with powerheads pulling the water through the pipes you could get some one direction flow that way and a sump type filter could add to that flow as well