My Goldfish Tub

[Death by Fish Tanks]

Got this 100 gallon stock tank for my fantail goldfish, since they're hardy enough to stay outside most of the year(Fantails may be kept outside all year, depending on their breeding. I still probably won't, though). Think I'll put five in, at the most.

 

[jaylach]

Got this 100 gallon stock tank for my fantail goldfish, since they're hardy enough to stay outside most of the year(Fantails may be kept outside all year, depending on their breeding. I still probably won't, though). Think I'll put five in, at the most.

When you said 'tub' I thought bathtub. Would this not make for an interesting tank? While I've never done I have, now and then, thought about turning a bathtub into an aquarium.

LOL! If nothing else the following image as an aquarium would definitely draw attention. The pipes would need to be modified to where they powered filtration but it would not be all that much work to turn this tub into a tank.

 

[MaloK]

When you said 'tub' I thought bathtub. Would this not make for an interesting tank? While I've never done I have, now and then, thought about turning a bathtub into an aquarium.

LOL! If nothing else the following image as an aquarium would definitely draw attention. The pipes would need to be modified to where they powered filtration but it would not be all that much work to turn this tub into a tank.

You mean, the plumbing is perfect to have an under gravel filter with a nice waterfall without that much modification.

I Would run the UGF trough a canister filter to make things easy to maintain.

 

[jaylach]

Ya, I'd probably go under gravel but use the bathtub drain as the intake for the water flow with lines under the gravel to the other end of the tub and middle to even out the flow through the gravel and use more of the substrate as filter media.

Using the pipes it would also probably not too hard to cut down the pipes and, again, using the tub's drain as an intake, modify a hob filter to fit the tubes.

 

[MaloK]

Ya, I'd probably go under gravel but use the bathtub drain as the intake for the water flow with lines under the gravel to the other end of the tub and middle to even out the flow through the gravel and use more of the substrate as filter media.

Using the pipes it would also probably not too hard to cut down the pipes and, again, using the tub's drain as an intake, modify a hob filter to fit the tubes.

I think I reverse understood that, but when I reversed it, I still didn't understand.

But, Yeah... You're right... A large HOB should be able to prime and has the waterfall included.

Even easier to do. Just need a good serpentine to diffuse flow under the substrate.

 

[jaylach]

Even easier to do. Just need a good serpentine to diffuse flow under the substrate.

Not actually sure what you mean by the diffusing. Considering a three inch substrate depth for under gravel I would run half inch tubing all around under the substrate linked to the tub's drain which would actually be the main intake powered with a fairly high flow power-head. The tubes under the substrate would have a lot of drilled holes to allow flow throughout the bathtub. While several filtration methods could work with this my preference, as with any tank, would be under gravel. Of course the under gravel tubes would need to have some sort of filter media to keep the substrate from filling the tubes.

OK... so we have a full under gravel filtration setup using the tub's drain as the main input and all is well but we still have the tub's plumbing that is serving no purpose. Let's give that plumbing something to do. Unless you would want to spend a lot to build a hood for the tank it will be open top. Now we add more tubing to go from one of the tub's water lines to be powered by another power-head. Hey, we now have a waterfall going but we, also, want to use the other tub's water line. Use silicone or whatever to seal the other water line input but leave the output as is. Actually this is almost ideal! The power head, of course, pulls water through the faucet but there is also a sealed air source. You use the actual faucet control to handle how much air is infused in the water flow.

Sorry as I got to a bit of rambling again but what I am saying could actually make for a good tank whether inside or outside. As to the outside tank the thickness of the acrylic tub would help to buffer temperature differences.

 

[Death by Fish Tanks]

When you said 'tub' I thought bathtub. Would this not make for an interesting tank? While I've never done I have, now and then, thought about turning a bathtub into an aquarium.

LOL! If nothing else the following image as an aquarium would definitely draw attention. The pipes would need to be modified to where they powered filtration but it would not be all that much work to turn this tub into a tank.
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Making a tank out of a bathtub would be pretty interesting. I put more faith in it than a typical glass aquarium. I don't even buy them anymore since I'm paranoid about them leaking.