Hello everyone, I have broadened my horizons and made a whole room in my house a fish room. I have about 22, 10-gallon tanks, 2, 30-gallon tanks, 2,15-gallon tanks and a 55 gallon tank that I would like to hook up to one big filtration/aireation system. My idea was to take a big air pump and filter them all by undergravel filtration. What do you think would be the best way of filtering them all. I have quite a few whisper filters but I don't have that many surge protectors and it wouldn't be as electrically efficient I don't imagine. I read were one guy had a sump tank that ciphoned out water and was filtered in one big tank but that could get kinda hairy if you had an illness in a tank that could spread before you caught it. I still need to build stands to hold all the tanks to do you suggest metal or wood or what? Give me your opinions, Thanks a bunch.
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Nobody has any suggestions or comments?Pufferpack
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I wouldn't have a clue, but I would suggest sending a PM to someone like Cichlidmaster. He would be able to steer you in the right direction as he is currently running over 100 tanks and I have never heard anything but good recomendations from members who have ordered fish from him. 
You thinkB I G in Texas...lol...Its getting specialised and I think the possabilities and options must be endless....
....as puffer says someone like cm would be a good bet for info...
I'd also go to a few lfs's and pick their brains about who, why and how their systems were built....
....transfer of disease must be a big concern - probably UV steralisation on the returns...but idk
This would make a fantasic thread/photo diary type thing for this site
if you have digi cam and are up for it? - I for one would be fasinated to see this project come together Great Lakes
Always do right, not popular...
Ginger, to run a central sump. all your tanks would need to be drilled to make all the plumbing work correctly/efficiently. But then you would still have the disease spreading possibility.
Cichlidmaster runs an airpump and sponge system with great success. But he is also a very diligent in caring for his system. He might be able to hook you up with a supplier for them, and recommend an air pump the appropriate size.
Lastly, wood is the way to go. Much easier to fasten things to wood.
Cichlidmaster runs an airpump and sponge system with great success. But he is also a very diligent in caring for his system. He might be able to hook you up with a supplier for them, and recommend an air pump the appropriate size.
Lastly, wood is the way to go. Much easier to fasten things to wood.
a good way is to have a centralised system. I maintain these at the LFS. baisicaly, all the tanks you want to be in the system need a hole drilled at the top or through the base with a pipe to the surface. all these drains then need to be fed into a sump tank. the tank will need a pre filter such as filter floss or sponge. then a biological bed and then the return pump(s). there are lots of "added extras that you could encorporate in to the design but what yopu have here is a basic functioning system. the returns should be positioned above the water or just below the surface. you need to make sure that the amount of water above the pipes in every tank can be acomodated in the sump ie sump only half full. this is because that if you have a power cut your tanks won't overflow onto the floor.
hope this helps.
hope this helps.
Ah, it is good to hear the ideas and replies. Thank you very much. Yeah I have big ideas about raising fish, who knows how it will all turn out. I think you guys are right. Wood just seems to be sturdy and won't rust and you can screw stuff to it . . . I like the idea about the UV sterilization on the return or in the sump tank that would probably do a great job on killing a lot of "bugs" I am still a little hesitant about drilling a hole in the bottom of all my tanks but I just may end up doing it that way. I visited the fishrus.com warehouse in Houston, Texas and he has the air pump with the sponges for biological filtration. He also had quite a few tanks that were hooked to a sump type system. I will do my best to put all this together with a digital camera. I have a camera ordered but I don't have it yet. Maybe I can give you all a step by step process. I may decide to insulate my patio and put them all out there so I can get messy during water changes. I will give you all an update later. And thank you again
superman
Fish Addict
keep in mind, that if you are planning on drilling holes in the bottom of a large tank like your 55 gallon, the bottom glass is probably tempered glass, and if you drill into tempered glass you release the surface tension (which is the definition of tempered glass) and the glass will no longer be tempered, and will be susceptable to shattering at any given moment.
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