A tank with very high water currents!

[unknown_7]

thanks i will try that and see how it goes, and i am thinking of a display i guess tank with a few plants and a lot of decorations, with a bunch of medium to large active fish, i am not quite sure though.

 

[krap101]

are you sure an emperor 280 is enough for a 55? if it is a 280

 

[megladonsharky]

yeah I am thinking a 280 may be a little under filtered but I have been taught to over filter read my sig

 

[krap101]

wow... the 9 gallons okay but the 4 gallon!

 

[hashbaz]

I too am curious as to what fish prefer or tolerate high currents. I am glad TG has readdressed that question.

 

[greenmaji]

The biggest HOB I can think of is under 10 cycles per hour for a 55 so I really dont think this high current thing is an issue unless its all coming out of a little tube... ie a weird filter design..

 

[TankGirl]

When I think of fish that like current I think of hillstream (and other) loaches and minnow type fish. I don't think this is a high current tank. You'd need multiple filters or a very large canister, plus powerheads to move the water enough to make hillstream loaches happy.

Here is a pic of the water where hillstream loaches are found, courtesy of loaches.com, and you can see how hard it would be to recreate this in a closed system:

 

[unknown_7]

I was thinking clown loaches.

 

[megladonsharky]

ahhh minnows like current... I have white clouds in that over filted high gph 4 gallon they do seem to enjoy it