River Aquarium

[Hoobfoob]

So I discovered the Gold Neon Dwarf Goby and thought they were the most gorgeous fish ever. I just HAVE to have them. They need clean, fast moving water, so creating a river biome aquarium would be best. This is the first time I’ve ever considered something like this. Has anyone here created a river tank? Any tips? And has anyone raised these gobies?

They’re for sale at Aquatic Arts: https://aquaticarts.com/collections/freshwater-fish/products/gold-neon-dwarf-goby

 

[Bert2oo1]

Awesome idea! I’d think you would need to customise a tank a little bit but either strong powerheads or over filtration would be the easiest way to do it. Make a deep riverbed and plant either side with smaller large rooted plants and put a power head and the start of the river

I’d love to give it a go one day, sounds fun! [emoji16]

 

[Caliban07]

Many fish originating from fast flowing waters generally require highly oxygenated waters and so if I was going to do this kind of theme I’d look in to a wet dry trickle filter or sump setup to maximise gas exchange and biological filtration.

 

[Hoobfoob]

I found this tutorial: http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co...-secret-to-setting-up-a-better-river-aquarium

The water flow technique they use is clever. I’d want something bigger than the 20 gal long they use so a custom tank and setup may be in order. Kind of intimidating, but the results would be cool.

 

[coralbandit]

I have known people to set up river tanks like described above by practical fishkeeping..
Those set ups work well and keep the flow direction .
I run a Jeboa/Jecod CP power flow 40 on the end of my 180g..There is no gravel or sand for the first 1 foot of the other end of the tank !It pumps like that on full!Pretty nice pump and reasonably priced compared to the maxspect gyre..So much so I bought its replacement for when it fails someday and still spent less then on one gyre....Been running a year now I think.
That and the 12,000 liter per hour DC pump in the sump create the most flow I have ever had even when I had 6 large powerheads.
They make a smaller version and both units are digitally controlled with 4 different setting to boot....
Nice goby..

 

[Wy Renegade]

If you are looking into a bigger tank for gobies with that river system set-up I would consider a 33L. Essentially two 20L stacked end to end. Its a great tank for small fish like that and with big enough powerheads, you could get great currant flowing.

 

[Hoobfoob]

Coralbandit Ooh, fancy! I’ll definitely check those out. Do you have any dead zones at all or does everything seem to get decent movement?

WYRenegade That’s a good idea! I wouldn’t need a huge tank, but I know I want something bigger than the standard 20 gal long.