60 gallon; 3 tier; waterfall tank

[WendiDell]

I really love that tank you built. It's beautiful and unique and I never get bored seeing it. And I hope you don't mind but I saved a couple of your pics. and shared them with my family. Who by the way were floored by it. My father, a retired engineer, was completely impressed with the mechanics of it.

 

[kelly77143]

That tank is sick!!! Would love to have that.

 

[JimmyA]

Wow, that's really funky!

 

[Tarkus2112]

My mind has officially been blown.


Just thought of a weird idea. It would be awesome to take your design and instead of separating the 3 tanks. Have all 3 be connected and build in a little conveyor belt/escalator on the sides so the fish can ride down the water fall and go back up on the conveyor. It looks cool in my head anyway. haha

Someday....

 

[barterking85]

My mind has officially been blown.

Just thought of a weird idea. It would be awesome to take your design and instead of separating the 3 tanks. Have all 3 be connected and build in a little conveyor belt/escalator on the sides so the fish can ride down the water fall and go back up on the conveyor. It looks cool in my head anyway. haha

Someday....

It could be done just drill out on the sides for clear PVC pipe and when it's full of water the fish can swim back to the top

But I think the purpose of this build was to keep fish that don't traditionally get along or different temp requirements I can't remember

 

[WendiDell]

It could be done just drill out on the sides for clear PVC pipe and when it's full of water the fish can swim back to the top

But I think the purpose of this build was to keep fish that don't traditionally get along or different temp requirements I can't remember

Yep, that is the idea. He wanted to have fish that can't be in the same tank, be side by side.
But he could always build another one that does that instead.

 

[JustinKScott]

Yep, that is the idea. He wanted to have fish that can't be in the same tank, be side by side.
But he could always build another one that does that instead.

...And we probably will!

 

[WendiDell]

...And we probably will!

And I'm not surprised!

 

[Deep Seven]

It could be done just drill out on the sides for clear PVC pipe and when it's full of water the fish can swim back to the top

You would have to scrap the waterfall for that. You would need all the tanks level or the water would just flow down the pipe instead of the waterfall. In order to have multi-level tanks directly connected so water can flow back and forth, the lower one would need to be sealed and reinforced for the extra pressure. Anything I can think of that would force the tunnel to be "one way" would be very stressful on the fish physicaly.

I think the elevator idea might be possible, especially if you have fish that enjoy turbulant waters.

 

[Bubble_B0y]

Question:

is it possible for a fish to jump from tank-to-tank?

 

[New]

A spiral stair case Waterfall fish tank would be worthy of that new show Tanked

i LOVE that show....well the 1 episode of it haha

 

[JustinKScott]

I probably won't upgrade the waterfall tank with a elevator or any other such concept because I think deepseven is right. It'd just empty from top to bottom.

However, that doesn't mean I can't have a second unique tank!


Yes bubble they can and do jump tanks, but only down.

 

[maxwellag]

I probably won't upgrade the waterfall tank with a elevator or any other such concept because I think deepseven is right. It'd just empty from top to bottom.

However, that doesn't mean I can't have a second unique tank!

Yes bubble they can and do jump tanks, but only down.

I think a whirlpool tank would be cool. But the fish might get dizzy.

 

[maxwellag]

I think a whirlpool tank would be cool. But the fish might get dizzy.

There has got to be a way to make a constant jump tank... it would have to be a circle. Maybe the highest waterfall would have a powerhead pumping water to the top, and making water pour out of both sides of the edge of the tank. Then it would be a circle. But it would have to be a very powerful powerhead.

 

[New]

What about a dome....but with like a space not in the water in the middle for u to be surrounded by ur fish?

 

[barterking85]

I probably won't upgrade the waterfall tank with a elevator or any other such concept because I think deepseven is right. It'd just empty from top to bottom.

However, that doesn't mean I can't have a second unique tank!

Yes bubble they can and do jump tanks, but only down.

O yeah that's what I ment a totally different tank but I would try to enjoy this one for a while

 

[JustinKScott]

Upgraded the filter from the g6 to an Fx5; flow rate is nice and steady flow. SOO much quieter now. No splashing, no more wet floors.

 

[T-man02]

What is your plant in there I would love to get some for my tank ?

 

[redsea]

What a cool tank!

 

[JustinKScott]

What is your plant in there I would love to get some for my tank ?

Just some fakes from Petco. Look @ fluval chi/edge accessories.