natep206
Blenniella chrysospilos
so im thinking of making my old 20 gal frog tank in to a tide pool tank.
what i would do is have my 20 gal display. and a 10 gal tide creater tank ( dont have a better term ).
im thinking it will be draining and filling 4 gallons. for the drain i will have a plastic tube that gose through the bottom of the 20 and the stand and down to the 10 gal. (that you wont beable to see because it will be kept in the stand.) the tube will go 4/5 of the way up the tank (16 gallons up the tank.) so that when it is filled up, 4 gallons will drain.
will find the right size tubing so that the 4 gallons will drain in about 1 min. and 30 sec. (it will probly be a small tube)
then for the return i will have 2 or 3 power heads (enough so it will fill up faster then it drains. ) in the 10 gal, hooked up to a tube that gose to the display. i will have the power heads set on the right power so that it will fill the tank in about 30 sec.( i will also have all the powerheads set for high air flow so it can have that bubbly ocean feel.) the powerheads will be hooked up to a wave maker, and the wave maker will be set for every 2 min.
so it will drain be still then fill back up in a 2 min a 30 sec cycle.
here is my rough plan
what do u think? cool idea? im crazy? any suggestions or ideas are greatly appriciated!
thanks
nate:beer:
what i would do is have my 20 gal display. and a 10 gal tide creater tank ( dont have a better term ).
im thinking it will be draining and filling 4 gallons. for the drain i will have a plastic tube that gose through the bottom of the 20 and the stand and down to the 10 gal. (that you wont beable to see because it will be kept in the stand.) the tube will go 4/5 of the way up the tank (16 gallons up the tank.) so that when it is filled up, 4 gallons will drain.
will find the right size tubing so that the 4 gallons will drain in about 1 min. and 30 sec. (it will probly be a small tube)
then for the return i will have 2 or 3 power heads (enough so it will fill up faster then it drains. ) in the 10 gal, hooked up to a tube that gose to the display. i will have the power heads set on the right power so that it will fill the tank in about 30 sec.( i will also have all the powerheads set for high air flow so it can have that bubbly ocean feel.) the powerheads will be hooked up to a wave maker, and the wave maker will be set for every 2 min.
so it will drain be still then fill back up in a 2 min a 30 sec cycle.
here is my rough plan
what do u think? cool idea? im crazy? any suggestions or ideas are greatly appriciated!
thanks
nate:beer: