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

Been tossing around a similar idea, but have a waterfall tier 4 tank design in mind..

something like the drawing below. the water would waterfall into the center section, which could be the heater and canister intake, or a mini sump setup, then from there into the two outer partitions...

I don't usually share my ideas for this kinds stuff..

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I've seen setups like that before Zig, except the ones I saw went from one end to the other instead of from each end toward the middle. I saw another one that was arranged in a square pattern too that was pretty interesting.
 
If I understand this correctly, the goal is to create a divided tank with plenty of horizontal swimming space. What about using vertical dividers across the width of the tank?

Instead of this...
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...do this:
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Would that accomplish what you're trying to do? Much less interesting than your solution, of course, but probably cheaper and easier to implement.

Or you get get some of those really shallow tanks designed for corals and set them up on short shelves.

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If tanks with dividers worked well, I would think more LFS would use them.

You would have to use something besides plexiglass I think, probably more like a mesh. If not that, then you would need to drill lots of holes on the plexiglass just to let the water flow through. Otherwise you're going to get huge resistance from the water pressure, plus circulation won't be very good.

Unless the tank were very very deep, only two lengthwise dividers would fit, I think. Even a deep tank like a 75 gallon is only going to give you about 11 inches each, if divided once.

I would think it would be much easier to get a dual 75 gallon stand and use two vertical dividers on each one. If this is a retail system we are talking about, 2' of space is plenty for a short time. Putting two 75 gallon tanks on a dual stand might make the clearance very tight for the tank on the bottom, but a DIY stand built with this in mind specifically would remedy that.
 
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platytudes said:
Unless the tank were very very deep, only two lengthwise dividers would fit, I think. Even a deep tank like a 75 gallon is only going to give you about 11 inches each, if divided once.
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Yeah, I wasn't trying to make a scale drawing or anything, just a quick sketch because I didn't think I could explain myself very well. I actually do see this kind of divider at my LFS---they divide their feeder fish tank into two long compartments. I'm not sure how the water flows between them, though.

I think a plexi or glass divider with large openings for foam sheets/blocks would work.
 
Sploke said:
I'm still not convinced that this is a solution to a problem that actually exists. Most pet stores just use 33 longs, 55s or larger to hold big fish (i.e. balas in your example), so I don't see what would be gained by adding the complexity of the several layers above the bottom. Having worked in a fish store, I think you would be hard-pressed to pass this off as a viable idea or even a useful addition to the display tanks.
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no no def not display tanks. im talking about getting my feet out of the water and on to the ground with as little over head as possible. if i were to start a fish suppler store online/local fourms. i mean for the beginner I think it would be a very cheep and officeant way to start. of corse upgrading later for foot trafic.
 
The Zigman said:
Been tossing around a similar idea, but have a waterfall tier 4 tank design in mind..

something like the drawing below. the water would waterfall into the center section, which could be the heater and canister intake, or a mini sump setup, then from there into the two outer partitions...

I don't usually share my ideas for this kinds stuff..
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cool! wont be able to keep fry very well but your probly not concerned with that. what will that do difrently than having vertical dividers and left to right water flow?
 
cellodaisy said:
If I understand this correctly, the goal is to create a divided tank with plenty of horizontal swimming space. What about using vertical dividers across the width of the tank?

Instead of this...
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...do this:
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Would that accomplish what you're trying to do? Much less interesting than your solution, of course, but probably cheaper and easier to implement.

Or you get get some of those really shallow tanks designed for corals and set them up on short shelves.
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hey better than my idea. ill have to hook that up. ill draw it out and let you know what i come up with. thanks.
 
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