My crazy tank idea

[Fish_Bone]

If you were to put something non-aquatic in the inner tank, how would you keep the air in it? would the top of that tank be above the top of the water level of the outer? I guess I'm having a hard time picturing the layout here. Though I did come across this the other day which is kinda like your idea: http://www.instructables.com/id/Under-water-Dry-zone-for-fiddler-crabs/ Thought that was pretty cool, but I think it needs some sort of way for the air in the jar to escape without having to overflow the jar and bubble up. Some way for there to be a somewhat constant airflow to prevent the air from getting stale.

That is really neat idea, but I was thinking like you said, the inner tank would be taller in order to either keep water out for a lizard or the inner tank would be taller to keep the fish separate if the outer tank had more aggressive fish. I will use paint and see if I can put together an image to give you a better idea of what i am thinking.

 

[Fish_Bone]

Are you going to run two filters on this and heaters? One for the inside tank and one for the outside tank?

If I decide to put fish in both tanks, then yes. that is where the fun really begins, trying to discretely maintain normal tank operations.

 

[Fish_Bone]

ok here is a basic pic of the tank.

the green represents the inner tank with plants or whatever.
the blue is the BIGGER tank where the slow moving or aggresive fish would be.

 

[Fish_Bone]

So what do you think?

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[Chrisinator]

If I were a bearded dragon, I'd go crazy with the fish swimming around me...

 

[KI4WLG]

With the visualization it makes more sense. I think it's a great idea, go for it!

 

[Star_Rider]

the inner tank would impact the footprint of the 'outer' tank in essense would limit swimming area for any fish..how do you plan on dealing with filtration? since the inner tank would afect flow to/from the filter

 

[BettaFishMommy]

an undergravel filter or reverse UGF for the middle tank would work, as you could fairly discretely run a center powerhead driven uplift tube in the middle of the tank with some decor around it to hide the tube. the outer tank could have a couple of hob filters on the back tank wall (assuming this tank would go on a wall and not be in the centre of a room). heating the outer tank should keep the temperature of the inner tank stable i think, as a lid on the inner tank would help with heat loss. keeping cooler water species in the centre tank would be good IMO.

 

[Fish_Bone]

Star_Rider-
the inner tank would impact the footprint of the 'outer' tank in essense would limit swimming area for any fish..how do you plan on dealing with filtration? since the inner tank would afect flow to/from the filter.

I am aware that the outer tank would have maybe 25% of the swim room left with a tank placed inside of it, that is the reason I was thinking of a decent size group small schooling fish or a few bigger fish for stock. but honestly I haven't given a ton of thought to the stocking list just yet. I want to get the tank figured out before deciding on residents.


BettaFishMommy-
an undergravel filter or reverse UGF for the middle tank would work, as you could fairly discretely run a center powerhead driven uplift tube in the middle of the tank with some decor around it to hide the tube. the outer tank could have a couple of hob filters on the back tank wall (assuming this tank would go on a wall and not be in the centre of a room). heating the outer tank should keep the temperature of the inner tank stable i think, as a lid on the inner tank would help with heat loss. keeping cooler water species in the centre tank would be good IMO.

I was thinking the same thing on where the tank would be located, against the wall. Thank you for the great idea on the Under gravel filtering!!!

I have a question, If I where to use a hob filter, would it provide enough flow to move the outer tank water I.E. create a current strong enough to circulate?

I was thinking that I could re route the intake tube to the left back corner and mount the hob on the right side corner, so the water would be pulled from one side of the tank and put back in on the other side. Also I could hide a power head on the back of the inner tank to achieve the same thing, but what kind of fish like that kind of current?

 

[BettaFishMommy]

this could also work: a canister filter, along with a powerhead or two, would solve the issue of dead spots in the water in the outer tank, due to the way it is constructed. canister intake in one back corner, output in the other, and a powerhead in each front corner to circulate the water.

hillstream loaches like a lot of current. i'm not totally familiar with other species that like their water to move a lot.