posible cheep alternate stocking tank??? 4 tanks one canister filter

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interesting.

waiting to see the newest ideer

btw, nothing is fool proof.. but qt is effective at reducing issues. personally I QT for a minimum of 4 weeks. generally, most issues will manifest within that time period.

if a problem arises deal with it and start QT over.
 
Those compartments are roughly 20gal each. With a three tiered rack, two tanks per level, you could use 20gal longs and get just as much volume with less footprint, and it would be a ton easier to deal with. Figuring an average of $1 per gallon for used tanks, it wouldn't be any more expensive either.
 
Sploke said:
Those compartments are roughly 20gal each. With a three tiered rack, two tanks per level, you could use 20gal longs and get just as much volume with less footprint, and it would be a ton easier to deal with. Figuring an average of $1 per gallon for used tanks, it wouldn't be any more expensive either.
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running a sump and drilling tanks and running hose and building custom stands and wasting space by allowing clearance over top of each tank makes it alot more expensive and alot more foot print.
 
Mgamer20o0 said:
thats a lot better option though i would think about doing only 2 sub sections 3 doesnt leave much room. also think about pulling fish out of 6 inch wide but 24 inch deep.
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depending on the fish depends on how many segments you will need. they are custom tanks so make them how ever you want. a diy net and scrubber shouldn't be hard to make to adapt to the tank i would think. thanks for your input.
 
dundadundun said:
there will be a lot of kinks to work out of that system as i see it. for instance, raising a level or 3 will necessitate a place for the water to go. if you lift it too fast water will lift over the sides with it. if you remedy that it'll either be with large holes that some fish/fry might get through or with the same holes with mesh or media that needs extra maintenance. it just seems like too much hassle. first you have to design and build it... then work the kinks out and then the maintenance involved will be somewhat unique... and that's if you're not pouring water on the ground every time you open the tank.

i can see solitary bottom feeders struggling to stay out of the light and swimming toward the shallower end as the level is raised only to tumble down back into the small area left that may still contain water.

i just don't think i could bring myself or my fish to be subjected to this project. idk, maybe i'm just mentally incapable and i'm not seeing something.
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iamvictor2k said:
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dundadundun said:
looks like a bear to maintain...
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got it now? if that's your response...

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dundadundun said:
got it now? if that's your response...

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not understading what you are saying. got what now??? as far as the water overflowing you make the dividers sligltly lower than the tank. if you have over flow o well it will go over to the other dividers. no problem there. as far as kinks i see none. the pic above is the comparison of how much wasted space there is with 20 longs. and what will be dificult about maintaing the 125 with dividers??? it would be like maintaining 6 20 gallons.
 
Your original idea gave me an idea. In the Chesapeake Bay blue crabs are kept in shallow wide containers. I wonder if it would be possible to stack similar shallow containers to accomplish your goal of increasing fish storage in the same cubic space. Get access to fish would be the tricky part.
 
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